Word: falling
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...open portion of the council of Wake, told newsmen "for guidance only" that the President and the general were in agreement on Formosa. From Tokyo's "informed sources" came word that the general "holds unalterably to the view that Formosa should not be allowed to fall into the hands of a potential enemy of the free nations of the Pacific...
Last week U.S. naval officers revealed that the premature fall of Wonsan had probably spared U.S. troops a very messy landing indeed. Captain Richard T. Spofford, in charge of minesweeping operations at Wonsan, told newsmen that the North Korean port had been blocked off by a vast field of 2,000 to 3,000 well-designed Soviet mines running 30 miles...
...fact that key symbols of both parties happen to be seeking re-election makes this fall's campaign much more than a more struggle for short-run control of Congress. Observers will be keenly watching the personal campaigns of Republicans Taft, Dcwey, and Milliken and of Democrats Lucas, Meyers, Tydings, and Helen Gahaghan Douglas. The outcomes of these races will test almost every important national issue and will certainly give a clue to what will happen...
...regatta is one of two scheduled for the crews this fall so that their daily practices will be spelled by some kind of competition...
When I got back to Wellesley after my year abroad this fall I discovered that Harvard just didn't have it. A typical Harvard ate that you to a football game, to a cocktail party after the game, to a Boston restaurant like Looke Obers for dinner, sometimes, and then to his fraternity or a movie in Cambridge. Not that I don't "date" Harvard boys, but a Harvard weekend can be sort of dull compared to some I've been on. They say a lot of things about Harvard boys, although I don't really believe most of them...