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...Maui; the hissing craters and the black sand beach on Hawaii, "the big island." Overall, the islands have the raw material to lure the tourist dollar, but Hawaii's capitalists-old & new-will have to build more hotels before they can handle enough tourists to close the gap between imports and exports...
...their side, U.S. officials found Eden and Churchill, after six years in exile, dismayingly out of touch with many of the facts of international life. In that time the U.S. has hardened its position, and perhaps its heart. Eden came to the U.S. full of conventional diplomacy. Was the gap too wide between East & West? Let there be small agreements with the Soviets, and upon them trust might be built. In that way, though still wary of each other, East and West might come to live together in peace, if not in harmony. It was the familiar British formula: adjustments...
Last week, near recovery, except for a small gap in her memory (from the operation to New Year's), Student Nurse Timke was back on duty. She was thinking of switching from obstetrical to psychiatric nursing. Said she: "If I get along well in it, I might specialize in caring for amnesia victims...
After that, the Crimson had several chances to score. Forrest Hansen closed the gap to two points with a one-handed shot from the foul line with the clock reading 2:30 to go. Dartmouth then forze the ball until only 45 seconds were left, when a wild pass gave the Crimson one more chance. The varsity couldn't get close enough to acore, however, as Bob Gremp's two long shots went wide of the mark...
...symbol, the death of King George is a cause for sorrow. As an occasion for the British to demonstrate their solidarity in mourning, it will bring a renewal of faith to a people who can hardly see beyond austerity, the dollar gap, and shrunken prestige. And, although an analogy is hardly in order, Britons will no doubt recall that under two earlier Queens, England reached unparalled levels of glory and success. Stranger things have occurred, and a symbol can sometimes do extraordinary things...