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...taking the worst verbal beating from delegates intent on restraining power politics. The big question in London was: will the Russians take it long enough to get used to it? The Russian methods were still rude and crude, but close observers detected no sign that the Russian delegation would pull...
...Lise Meitner, 67, refugee German physicist, pioneer contributor to the atomic bomb, arrived in New York City by plane from England, got a push-&-pull welcome from newsmen and relatives. Black-clad, quiet Dr. Meitner stepped from the plane, saw the crowd, promptly stepped back in again, got hold of herself, finally reemerged. Reporters let go with questions, cameramen with flash bulbs. A spotlight's fuse blew. "I'm so awfully tired," said Dr. Meitner. Relatives bustled her off. Next day she was in at the unveiling of the man-made meson (see SCIENCE). Next stop, after...
With the hurly-burly and posturing of the public hearings over, legislators and brass hats got down to work together last week on a plan for the merger of the Army and Navy. After so many months of pull & haul, it was a relief even to Navymen, who still opposed the merger...
...made without advance assurances; the politico-economic situation in Greece was rapidly getting worse. Caught as usual between criticism and circumstances, the State Department last week announced that the Export-Import Bank had lent Greece $25 million. At the same time, the State Department told the Greek Government to pull up its socks; the loan would do no good if Greece did not take vigorous steps to revive industry, cut expenses and control inflation...
...famed skimeister Hannes Schneider (after he got him out of a Nazi concentration camp), built four new cottages and a "Swiss chalet" annex, converted an old inn into the Eastern Slope hotel. He lost $50,000 on the hotel for three years, until he hired Hotelman Lester Sprague to pull...