Word: viewing
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...This opinion may seem somewhat severe in view of the widespread conviction of the American people that prizefighting is a 'good, clean sport.' Yet, it is difficult to see how any other interpretation of the fifth commandment ['Thou shalt not kill'] can be given...
Like the pre-publication dummy (TIME, Sept. 12), Flair's Vol. I, No. 1 was full of tricks. Samples: a "window" in the cover permitting a partial view of the next page, an accordion foldout, a page of Fleur's own self-assured handwriting in gold ink on blue paper, pages of odd sizes and varied textures. To readers familiar with Fleur's wearing of a rose as a trademark, Flair's frontispiece was the most Fleurish -and Freudian-touch of all: it was a reproduction of Girl with Roses by Artist Lucian Freud, grandson...
Having beaten down half a dozen uprisings and one full-scale civil war in three years, Bolivian officials moved swiftly to meet another crisis last week. "In view of irrefutable evidence that subversive preparations were afoot," suave, bearded President Mamerto Urriolagoitia ordered the exile of ten civilians and army officers (including one general) and slapped on a drum-tight state of siege...
...Washington, Bolivian representatives urged the U.S. to stockpile Bolivian tin at a price around 90? a lb. Reluctant to pay a bonus of 12½? a lb. above the world price, U.S. officials stuck to the view that the Bolivians would have to continue to help themselves. With little else to sell in the world but high-cost tin, and with their unemployment rolls growing daily, Bolivians could look forward to a long siege...
...Under Secretary of State for External Affairs. The new dispute centered around the proposal to ship 100 million bushels of wheat to Western Germany and Japan this year under the 38-nation International Wheat Agreement. Since the grain will be paid for in U.S. dollars, the U.S. took the view that it should be U.S. wheat, of which there is a surplus. Canadian spokesmen argued that the object of the wheat agreement was to restore normal world wheat trade, not provide dumping machinery for surpluses. Canada asked for a quota of between 20 and 30 million bushels...