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...wind and rain, living on no more than a slim rice ration and an occasional frog caught in the paddyfields. They moved stealthily in and out of the villages, spotting Viet Minh spies, harassing the enemy by night and playing the part of noncombatant peasants by day. In one sector the sister of a priest led a group of women in dark brown cotton uniforms, their large pockets always containing a few hand grenades...
...British now believe that guarantees against a too-strong Germany can be built into the Atlantic alliance-by lengthening NATO's life from 25 to 50 years, strengthening its central authority, notably in the Central European sector, where the Germans would be deployed. To limit German strength without galling German pride, the British point to one of EDC's least known but most useful devices: a ban on the manufacture of atomic, bacteriological and jet-propelled weapons in "strategically exposed areas"-i.e., in West Germany...
...happy hunting ground for sons of the F.F.V.s (First Families of Virginia) and members of the F.F.U. (First Fraternities of the University). But in recent years the gentleman's-club tradition has found itself challenged by a serious-minded administration and by a more down-to-earth sector of the student body. Last spring the campus erupted in a controversy that has since engulfed administration, students, faculty, the F.F.V.s-and has shaken Charlottesville to its historic foundations...
...customs guard at Berlin's West-East Sandkrug Bridge stopped a Ford sedan one evening last week, glanced at the two men inside and gave the customary warning: "You are now crossing into the Soviet sector." The man behind the wheel laughed, said, "That's exactly where we want to go," and drove ahead into East Berlin...
...busy, prosperous gynecologist who plays a hot trumpet, shares John's interest in woman-chasing, and is known to be a Communist. Sometime that evening, Wohlgemuth sat down at his desk and wrote a note: "The fact is that Dr. John will not return to the Western sector." Then they left together. Curiously enough, John left behind him in his hotel room a notebook that would have been useful had he intended selling...