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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...Terrible Trap? (Cont'd...
...North Atlantic army was about to become a reality (with General Dwight D. Eisenhower as its supreme commander). At home the Navy and Air Force were powerful and the Army had a strong nucleus to build around. "But measured against the danger that confronts us," Mr. Truman said, "our forces are not adequate...
...could act swiftly before the Communists translated threats into action. The conference seemed determined to act. At the end of the first day, the conferees announced plans to form a 1,000,000-man force by the end of 1953, including 55 to 60 divisions under Supreme Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower (formally appointed this week...
...Paris, when Communist Scientist-Professor Frédéric Joliot-Curie walked into the Collège de France auditorium for a lecture on atomic physics, he was greeted with a volley of catcalls, stink bombs and firecrackers. By the time the cops arrived, the explosive students had disappeared...
...change was not made merely to please the girls. Faced with the draft, the college foresaw a drastic slash in enrollment, and President Richard D. Weigle feared that it might have to drop 25% of its faculty. Even now, St. John's has only 165 students, two-thirds of capacity...