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...next 20 minutes, the longest fusillade of vetoes in the U.N.'s veto-pocked history rent the Security Council. Tsiang, as promised, used China's veto for the first time. He vetoed Outer Mongolia. Russia's Arkady Sobolev, as he had warned, sprayed 15 vetoes at non-Communist candidates (including two, South Korea and South Viet Nam, proposed only by Tsiang...
...gradually eliminate many of the shortages of 1955. As part of the effort to solve its awesome shortage of highways, New York state last week opened a new, three-mile bridge across the Hudson River's Tappan Zee, 18 miles north of Manhattan, bringing near to completion the longest single express highway in the world, the 427-mile, $1 billion Buffalo-to-Manhattan thruway. Even the shortage of highways may some day be solved, impossible as that may seem...
...actors, too, have their problems; for exhibits a tendency to write long and difficult speeches. Kevin McCarthy, in the role of the young worker, attacks his part with much energy and earnestness. His characterization is convincing, even his longest speeches sound unassuming and natural. But Eileen Crowe, as the young man's mother, surrenders to the temptation towards declamation and gives an unfortunately shallow performance. Joyce Sullivan, the girl, does not make the same mistake--she is entirely charming and at case...
...President Eisenhower, life on the farm was deeply and obviously satisfying. But as the days grew shorter, Ike's time was given over more and more to the burdens of office. Last week the President put in his longest single day of work since his illness, and the problems he faced became more vexing...
...Crimson basketball team will go after its fourth straight win of the season tonight when it opposes Tufts in the I.A.B. at 9 p.m. If Coach Floyd Wilson's five can win, the Crimson will have posted its longest early-season skein of victories since 1945, when the team won the first...