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...atavistic recesses of virtually every Briton's mind is the real, if irrational, sense that the Queen as a person is there, alert and ready with a cool, restraining hand, to protect him from the excesses of his fellow man. It is a delicate arrangement which must depend on an instinctive confidence between the parties involved. It is to foster and nurture that confidence that Elizabeth's husband has dedicated himself...
...reason for the U.S. defeat in the race toward space is fairly obvious: instead of having the use of big military rockets, U.S. Project Vanguard was forced to depend on the Navy's Viking research rocket, whose thrust is only 27,000 lbs. Even if working perfectly, a Viking is barely strong enough to place a 21½-lb. satellite on its orbit. There is no margin for less-than-perfect performance. The Russians, according to General Blagonravov, used their most powerful rocket to launch the sputnik. Their launching vehicle must have taken off with at least...
...already gone too far to back down now. The result of a clear split between the AFL-CIO and the giant Teamsters bloc would be a labor war injurious both to national business and to the unions themselves. In more clement times, the two unions have had to depend on each other; the AFL-CIO on the Teamsters for transportation, and the Teamsters on the AFL-CIO for contracts. If the two groups split, the result would be chaotic with labor raids and wide-spread strikes. The real victim would then be the national economy. Meany and the leaders...
...fizzle out; in 1955 they sent tanks and MIGs to Egypt's volatile Gamal Abdel Nasser, saw them smashed in the Suez crisis. Now there was Syria. "There," said Dulles, "Soviet-bloc arms were exultantly received and political power has increasingly been taken over by those who depend upon Moscow. True patriots have been driven from positions of power by arrests or intimidation. One consequence of this is that Turkey now faces military danger from the major buildup of Soviet arms in Syria on its southern border, a buildup concerted with Soviet military power on Turkey's northern...
...most of his recommendations finally stopped stomping and went home, President Eisenhower passed the word that this week he will start on his delayed post-adjournment vacation in Newport, R.I., where the Navy base people and townsfolk have proudly dressed ship for his arrival. Length of his stay will depend on the weather; if September brings Newport rain and fog, or hurricane weather, the President will pack up for warm, balmy Gettysburg in short order. Moreover, the Middle East situation weighed heavily on the President last week; if it deteriorates, he wants to be in Washington or close...