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...During the Suez crisis the Russians had threatened to rocket-bomb London and Paris and to send Communist volunteers into the Middle East; the U.S. responded by warning the Kremlin that the U.S. would forcibly oppose the Communist volunteers, that any rocket attack against Western Europe would trigger instant U.S. air retaliation against the centers of Soviet power (TIME, Nov. 26 et seq.). Now the State Department fired off a tough statement warning the unpredictable Khrushchev, in effect, that the U.S. would not let its ally Turkey and the bigger principle of collective security go down ; it would fight...
...whether Syria's plain citizens realized it or not (the heavily censored press gave them little to go on), their country was the No. 1 topic in chancelleries and foreign offices around the world. Cabinets met to consider Syria; her neighbor Arab nations hurried into consultation. Some trigger-happy U.S. radio commentators, grappling by the hour with a confused and shifting political story, helped confuse it further by proclaiming that Syria was already Russia's newest satellite...
...during the remainder of 1957-and most areas of the economy, e.g., retail sales, new construction, are still booming-it could quickly start upward again. A Government tax cut. predicted for next year, would encourage business investment. And any loosening of the money market could stimulate more home construction, trigger postponed borrowing by business and state and local governments...
...Many Shots? For those who can get it, the vaccine will probably cost $1 (in bulk military orders it costs only 20? to 40?), plus doctor's fees. One shot should trigger the production of protective antibodies in ten to 14 days. Because single shots of flu vaccines are usually effective in only 70% of cases, the armed forces like to give a second shot. In this case, because of short supply, their second shots will probably have to wait. The six manufacturers aim to produce 60 million...
...sitting with his knees up to his chest, and Ray allowed that from that distance (60 ft.), he could hit Daniels any place he wanted. Marty told him to aim so the shot would hit him in the chest. Carefully Ray Edwards aimed the rifle, squeezed the trigger, and shot Martin Daniels Sr. square in the chest. In the resulting confusion, the boys ran out of the cemetery, jumped into Marty's car and drove to the Edwards apartment in Germantown...