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...would not be able to give orders; he would only be able to recommend, pressure and persuade. U.S. officials on the scene would like the French to recall their mission from Hanoi and quit dealing with Ho Chi Minh, to call the Vietnamese generals off Diem, and to get rid, once and for all, of Bao Dai. Only then could Diem tackle South Viet Nam's basic problems: speed land reform, strengthen the army and restore confidence...
...conclusion of the Salina conference was that all rural churches should get rid of their "excessive denominationalism." Said Congregationalist Delegate Stanley U. North: "In the country denominationalism is an anachronism. The whole community is the important thing to think about...
...Pauker (also purged, demoted, and possibly awaiting trial) and Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, who is still Premier. But in 1952 the Red regime drastically devalued the Rumanian leu, thus depriving the people of most of their savings. News of the impending devaluation leaked out; party favorites and some others got rid of their old currency ahead of time. As Finance Minister, Luca took the rap. In addition, the regime now needed a villain to blame for the desperate economic problems caused by the persistent Russian plundering of Rumania. He was already on hand -that old trouper, Comrade Luca...
...veteran of the managerial wars, hired Charley Dressen, who wrote himself out of a job last fall by asking for a three-year contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers, and spent a year in exile with the Oakland Oaks of the Pacific Coast League. ¶ In Detroit, the Tigers got rid of Fred Hutchinson, promptly sent for Bucky Harris, who had managed the team from 1930 to 1933. ¶ In Baltimore, the unsinging Orioles fired Jimmy Dykes, hired Paul Richards away from the Chicago White Sox, who in turn promoted ex-Cardinal Marty Marion from coach to manager. ¶ In Philadelphia...
What's more, all the producers' worst dreams came true. Day after day, while the high-priced help-including Judy's husband, Producer Sidney Luft-stood around waiting for the shooting to start Judy sulked in her dressing room. In the rid, Star took ten months to make, cost about $6,000,000. But after Judy had done her worst in the dressing room, she did her best in front of the camera with the result that she gives what is just about the greatest one-woman show in modern movie history...