Word: except
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...Nothing to Report." All day, the marching and the oratory continued. The Red leaders repeated the pledge that the Western powers would be thrown out of Berlin. But, except for an occasional scuffle, quickly squelched by police on both sides of the city, the day brought no incidents. In West Berlin, people paid little attention to the noisy show across the -border. The patrolling cars periodically radioed back the message: "Nothing to report...
...Everyone except Russia was pleased with the three-power statement. The West had simply-and at long last-decided that a unified policy would not only help keep peace but also remind Russia that Britain, France and the U.S. are capable of a common front even in an area where their interests have in the past differed...
...University meterologist Wallace E. Howell '36, $100 a day to try doing as well for them. On the other side of the river Jack and Irving Rosenthal, owners of Palisades Amusement Park, have offered him twice as much to go away. Although Howell has refused credit for all rainfall except a storm last Monday, the Rosenthals have had all the demonstration they need. Since he came to town, they complain, "we have not had a single day of sunny weather...
...producers of this picture were especially fortunate in getting Chief Thundercloud to head their Injun band. This leather-faced gentleman reveals all the majesty of the old Indian chieftains, and is excellent except for his Chinese accent. Also noteworthy are the amazing number of people picked off while on horseback...
...Commanche Territory" concerns the period in history when unruly mobs almost moved into Indian land to mine silver. Jim Bowie, friendly with the Indian because they admired his knife, manages to hold the bad men out of the land until the new treaty is signed. Except for a fight pitting the Bowie knife against an Indian tomshawk, this is unusually dull...