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...chief of the U.N. truce-talk delegation. Turner Joy had been most bitter about Washington's order to accept a November 1951 Communist proposal to fix the battleline at that time as an armistice line. This, he said, "would constitute an immediate cease-fire on the basis of agreement on one item only of the agenda. Thus, the Communists would be insured against effects of future military operations while other agenda items were being discussed...General Ridgway strongly requested reconsideration of Washington's instructions...
Esthetic Dustbin. None of her symphonic sisters across the country would have panicked in such a fix, and Miss Ima rose to the occasion. After some quick transatlantic negotiation last week, she announced a major coup: to take over for Fricsay during the spring season. Miss Ima landed one of the world's most famous conductors. His name: Sir Thomas Beecham. Said Miss Ima: "He was very gracious. We feel elated...
...flowers you take away from its original beauty." He even objected to feast-day processions. "I am deeply shocked," he wrote his superiors, "by the neopaganism of the masses." Father Dubois did not believe in collections, either, never pleaded for money to buy a new altar cloth or fix the roof, and packed his eight Sunday services with fiery sermons. As time went on, the peasants began to like their abbe. Watching him striding up the mountain trails, Bible in hand, the wind whipping his cassock about his knees, many thought he looked inspired...
...proposed in the bill, the Adult Authority would comprise a psychiatrist, a psychologist, a sociologist, a cultural anthropologist, an educator, a criminologist, and a lawyer or judge. It would determine correctional procedure and psychological and social treatment appropriate to each convict. In addition it would fix the length of sentence...
...started to make out a ticket, Tourist Morse started to talk. He had lost the muffler in suburban Bethesda, he explained. If the cop would just have a heart, he could fix it himself at the Hains Point tourist camp and save a few dollars. Under the torrent of Morse's argument the policeman relented, tore up the ticket and wearily directed Morse to the camp. Last week Morse was still noisily disturbing the peace of Washington, still arguing endlessly and effectively...