Language Curtain Drops on Guatemala Trip
Laura Z Hobson decries the impenetrable language barrier during a goodwill visit to Guatemala. She notes the isolation from locals at a formal press conference with President Carlos Castillo Armas and the wider public, describing a censored feel and limited English in official events.
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Guatemala City
INS
Central America
Guatemala
Russia
Carlos Castillo Armas
Green Stone
National Palace
Castillo
When Translation Masks a Leader’s Manner and Sincerity
A reader recalls a press briefing where 75 pencils waited for a translator to finish. Jorge Skinner Klee condensed the president’s five minutes into two or three, highlighting how translation obscures character and honesty. The writer longs for a true international language to replace go-betweens.
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Jorge Skinner Klee
Klee
Senor Klee
Cadets Barred From Debating Recognition of Red China
The defense department prohibits cadets at West Point and midshipmen at Annapolis from taking part in college debates on recognizing Red China. The ban follows a West Point team withdrawing from a Rutgers University debate after which Princeton protested the restriction.
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Washington
Defense Department
U. S. Military Academy
Naval Academy
U. S
Department
West Point
Newark
Rutgers University
Princeton University
Cancers Lighted by Use of Chemical as Detection Aid
A porphyrin from human blood injected into patients' veins causes cancer tissue to glow bright red under UV or black light. Doctors Rasmussen-Taxdal Ward and Figge say this could help detect cancer location and spread, and may enable targeted X ray or fluoroscope imaging. Potentially, porphyrin could carry iodine for imaging or attach radioactive atoms to attack cancer sites.
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Atlantic City
Panesay
D. S. Rasmussen-Taxdal
Grant E. Ward
Frank H. J. Figge
Baltimore
American College of Surgeons
Buffalo man seeks Gone with the Wind fan crown
Donald L. McCulty, 21, vies for the title of champion Gone with the Wind fan in Buffalo New York He has seen the movie 24 times since 1940 and read the Mitchell novel 52 times writing five reports about it to date
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Buffalo
N. Y
Donald L. McCulty
Gone With the Wind
Moving Picture
Margaret Mitchell
Ervin Compares McCarthy to Uncle Ephraim in Censure Talk
Senator Ervin likens Senator McCarthy to Uncle Ephraim in a story about a religious meeting in North Carolina. He notes the term flyblowing, explaining it as taint or contaminate, and cites it as a new phrase in censure debates.
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Washington
Ervin
D-N.c
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Ephraim
Senate
South Mountain
Ephraim Swain
McCarthy
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