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Noncommittal Hint. In Britain, in Germany and in France itself there was increasing talk of bringing Germany into full-fledged membership in NATO if France continued to block the European Army. France, with its veto inside NATO and its position as one of the occupiers of Germany, might block such a move. But could France block it indefinitely? Bidault thought not. "In that case," said he, "Germany could, on an equal footing with the other powers, reconstitute her military might without being in any way controlled by the other nations. The EDC, on the contrary, sets up limitations within...
...seems to confide to the reader that all will work out happily. As a result, the affirmation of man's capacity for love and understanding which the whole novel represents--in its story, characters, and mood--is not impressive. The affirmation lacks force, for there is never really a hint of negation...
...share, v. $1.14. Diversified Olin Industries boosted its net 23%, to $4,000,000. Mathieson Chemical, on sales of $60 million, netted $5,000,000, or 28% more than in 1952. In the steel industry, Republic was the first big company to report, and gave a hint of things to come. Its sales were up 52% (to $292 million), and net soared 172% (to $14 million), as compared with the strike-hampered third quarter of 1952. Said Republic's President Charles M. White: "Without excess-profits taxes, without overtime and with our added productive capacity, Republic Steel should...
...couch in his consulting room, stretched his patients upon it, and urged them to sweep their chimneys. Sometimes he hypnotized them, sometimes encouraged them to be frank by asking gentle questions. But one day a patient "reproved him for interrupting her flow of thought," and Freud "took the hint." Another Freudian law, that of "free association" on the patient's part and silence on the doctor's, came into being...
...China's Cardinal Tien. Secret police searched his house all night; then the government "deposed" him as primate of Poland. The Cardinal was "allowed to retire to a monastery," said the Warsaw radio. But he went with accusations of "anti-state activities" hanging over his head-a broad hint that the next step might be a propaganda trial...