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...none of these Republicans, but Arkansas' Democratic John McClellan who took President Eisenhower's side in last week's sharpest and most significant exchange...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTIGATIONS: The Game | 6/7/1954 | See Source »

Perhaps the sharpest clash between the Bulletin and Massachusetts Hall policy occurred in the spring of 1950, when the University proposed to build a new Varsity Club...

Author: By Stephen R. Barnett, | Title: Alumni Bulletin: From Football to Frogs | 4/30/1954 | See Source »

...alliance" whose purpose would "contradict" the purpose of the treaty. Molotov made clear that NATO and EDC both came under this heading. As Molotov neared the end of his proposals, the conference room was deadly quiet. Molotov, reading slowly and deliberately, came to Paragraph 9 and bared the sharpest tooth of all: the U.S. and Communist China would be invited to GETO "as observers." At the phrase, an involuntary, appreciative "ha" burst from somebody in the U.S. delegation, then swept them all into a spontaneous laugh. Dulles guffawed. The British and the French joined...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Plan with Furry Ears | 2/22/1954 | See Source »

...affairs of his polyglot see (he speaks Greek, Turkish, English. French, Russian and Spanish), sleeping and eating little, making himself accessible to almost anyone who wants to see him. He maintains close contact with his old friends in the U.S., among them ex-President Harry Truman. Even his sharpest critics acknowledge that his political sense has accomplished much for Greek-Turkish relations. Says one of them: "Athenagoras is not essentially an ecclesiast or a scholar. He is a religio-politician. But I must admit that he is a man of great vision...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Patriarch | 2/8/1954 | See Source »

...Sharpest thorn in the varsity's side this year has been its lack of strength in the field events: broad jump, high jump, and 35-pound weight. B.U. capitalized on its depth in this department, and Brown figures ot do well in the field events also...

Author: By Robert L. Saxe, | Title: Track Team Sets Mile Relay Mark | 2/3/1954 | See Source »

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