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...Venezuela's powerful President Rómulo Betancourt, one of the U.S.'s finest friends, steps out of power this year. He will be replaced by Raúl Leoni, who was elected last fall despite vicious terrorist tactics of Castro Communists. Venezuela is one of Latin America's most progressive democratic countries, but the U.S. is worried that Leoni may prove to be not so strong as Betancourt...
...French Ra and Rb are a set of two half-year courses open to students who have had two years of French in high school but have not passed the language requirement in French. The stated aim of the courses is to increase reading speed and comprehension. In practice, however, it is considered a terminal course and is usually taken as an easy way to fulfill the language requirement. French C, an intermediate course in French conversation and composition, has the same requirements and is usually taken byy students who plan to continue their study of French...
...Colombia was not required to surrender Peru's leftish leader, Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre, who had taken asylum in the Colombian embassy in Lima...
...sense he is. By 1948, partly because of his anti-Nazi record, he was chosen by the American Occupation authorities to be economic administrator of the combined U.S. and British zones. The professor sounded visionary, if not slightly mad, to visitors who heard him advocate the end of ra tioning and other controls at a time when Germany was in rubble and people lived on fewer than 2,000 calories...
Founders of the organization hope that in addition to spreading the karate (pronounced kah-RA-tay) discipline, they will be able to dispel the mystery and misconceptions which usually envelop the sport in America. For, contrary to popular opinion, karate is not the science of breaking boards with a bare hand, does not involve any particular toughening of the hand as a weapon, and, in fact, does not consider the hand any more important than any other part of the body...