Word: falling
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...been running for months. Dirksen, onetime isolationist, had seemingly abandoned his position during his term in the House, but this winter he was talking isolation again and his stand had re-won him the favor of the Chicago Tribune's Colonel Bertie McCormick. Launching his campaign last fall; Dirksen pitched his battle on the field of foreign policy, charging that the bipartisan foreign-aid program is "pouring money down a rathole." At this point, many an Illinois politician thinks Dirksen, an effective campaigner, has at least an even chance of beating Lucas...
...Field who was the most conspicuous of the delegation which turned up last fall with bail for the eleven Communist leaders in New York; he and friends of the Civil Rights Congress put up $260,000 in Government bonds. This is the role -angel of Communism-which Field still plays most satisfactorily for the Reds...
Ever since the armies of Communist China rolled up to the borders of Hong Kong last fall, an apprehensive British administration had wondered when the Reds would try to take Hong Kong itself.. Last week, the five-starred flag of Soviet China fluttered ominously in Hong Kong, but the Red army was still on the other side of the border'. How long they would stay there would depend in large measure on the wisdom Hong Kong's rulers displayed in the colony's latest labor crisis...
...friends who peered into her pink-beribboned crib. From the time she was taken to a play at the age of six, Carol knew what she wanted to be. When other little girls talked glibly of their plans to become "great actresses" or "great dancers" some day, Carol would fall silent; her own ambition was too important to talk about. But always her big, nearsighted eyes were peering into people's faces, studying their mannerisms and gestures...
Sella and Adams were All-League choices last season, but Sella is a late season player who hasn't acquired his basketball eye yet. Dick Kazmaier, outstanding sophomore back this fall, was also a star freshman basketball player, but he is not a starter...