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As the U.S. moves through the battlefields of the cold war, it has three main roads to choose from. One is the high, hard-surfaced speedway to war; another is the low, crawling path to appeasement. In between lies the third-a rutted, twisting route, shrouded here by patches of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION: On a Rutted Road | 5/9/1955 | See Source »

WHAT would you say is the devil's favorite text from the Bible? High among the devil's preferences in Holy Writ must be the verses that can be perversely warped out of their real meaning to make nice booby traps. Here is a beauty: "For you always...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NO FRIENDS, NO ENEMIES, JUST INTERESTS | 5/9/1955 | See Source »

The Austrian Example. The U.S. wants the ambassadors at Vienna to examine obscurities (possible booby traps) in the Raab-Molotov agreement. Example: Are the Western powers expected to guarantee Austria's "neutrality," or merely her territorial integrity?

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WESTERN EUROPE: Spreading Impact | 5/2/1955 | See Source »

Cried Neuberger: "The President of the U.S., according to news dispatches, is having the White House squirrels caught in box traps and carted many miles away from the White House because they have been scratching his putting green. I strenuously protest this undertaking. I urge the President of the U.S...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Laugh, Clown, Laugh | 4/4/1955 | See Source »

¶ Gave up in his fight with White House squirrels, which have been digging up the velvet surface of his putting green. An ultrasonic whistle, box traps and a tape recording of dog and cat noises all failed to conquer the animals, and the President admitted that he had at...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Alligator & the Squirrels | 3/28/1955 | See Source »

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