Word: controller
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...gold, President Truman asked congressional leaders for money to Tito to offset a famine which might, said the President, topple Tito from power. President Truman did not deny that Tito was a Communist; he simply did not mention it. "Tito's defection from Kremlin control represents the first setback for Soviet imperialism and as such is an important political symbol," explained Mr. Truman. "Tito controls the largest fighting force in Europe except the Soviet Union and . . . these forces constitute an important element in the defense of Western Europe against Soviet aggression." The President wanted Congress, when it reconvened...
...fight a long war involving major ground action. That is why Germany's Ruhr is a key piece on the chessboard of world strategy. Western Germany is now producing almost as much steel as the whole vast U.S.S.R. Transfer of the Ruhr capacity from Western to Russian control would change the world strategic picture more decisively than any other territorial grab the U.S.S.R. could make...
Militarily, the satellites might be of more use to Russia; they can provide about 100 divisions, whose worth would depend largely on the effectiveness of Communist propaganda and political control...
Besides being jealously opposed by the News, plans for a council have always faced opposition from the secret societies which blanch at the thought of having over-zealous student politicians trying to control what goes on in their tomb-like structures. Fraternity men similarly fight any proposal for a council in fear that a council might eventually dictate the percentage of alcohol in the Sunday morning milk punch...
Most of the credit is due to Eva LeGaillienne, who played the lead role of Masha and directed the play. Her acting was first class, and it is to her credit as a director that the suffering did not get out of control, as it might so easily have done. Behind her as the other two sisters are Margaret Webster and Sylvia Farnham, both of whom despair well. At a more or less uniform level of excellence are Paul Ballantyne, George Hill, David Lewis, Peter Temple, Eugene Stuckmann, and Darthy Hinkley, most of whose Russian names would be enough...