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...began to wonder if Lumumba had not known all along what he was doing. "He was sitting down there feeling pretty vulnerable," mused one. "So he mentions the Russians, and nothing could bring the house down faster. Everyone panics, and the U.N. really begins to move." The consensus: "Erratic, but a tough, clever...
...Health Service this week summoned its Committee on Live Poliovirus Vaccine to meet on its Bethesda, Md. campus to study reports of the oral vaccines' safety, potency and effectiveness. The evidence for the panel, headed by PHS's Dr. Roderick Murray, was confusing and often contradictory. The consensus: while live-virus vaccines, taken by mouth (as distinct from the killed-virus, Salk-type vaccine, which must be injected), are indeed promising, there is little chance that any will be licensed for general U.S. use until next summer or later...
...Khrushchev really intend to give a man who once described himself as "a gunner, that's all" the authority to make the decision that could touch off nuclear war? The consensus of the West: Nikita was trading on U.S. cancellation of the U-2 flights to run a bluff on which he reckoned he would never have to put up or shut...
Unfavorable Accents. The New York Times's veteran Arthur Krock, admitting that "this is only dope, but American politicians are incurably addicted to its use," passed on this consensus of Washington politicians...
...consensus of businessmen was that the consumer would go right on buying, despite international tensions. Businessmen themselves may change their buying habits. So far this year, they have kept inventories at a minimum, largely because of tight money and anxiety over the business situation. Now they might well start to build them up again, not only to meet the promise of better business but to be on the safe side in case of any new international crises...