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The stake is Europe. On one side there are the United States and countries of Western Europe. They seek to halt the sweep of communism across the Continent. Their great weapon is the European Recovery Program (the Marshall Plan).
foreign broadcasters barred access to radio
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Feb. 28 -- Lawson Little, who is no Johnny-come-lately to the golf tour, tonight had established himself as the man to beat for the St. Petersburg open title.
comment on NYS bond offering
The skepticism of seasoned investment counselors about the ability of the power and light industry to finance its $6,000,000,000 expansion program in the face of apathetic public reception to offerings of securities in general in recent months was displaced with finality last week as another in a series of utility stock offerings was oversubscribed.
1948Hermione Lee, English author, critic and academic[†]
Dame Hermione Lee is a British biographer, literary critic and academic. She is a former President of Wolfson College, Oxford, and a former Goldsmiths' Professor of English Literature in the University of Oxford and Professorial Fellow of New College. She is a Fellow of the British Academy and of the Royal Society of Literature.
1948Manoel Maria, Brazilian footballer[†]
Manoel Maria Evangelista Barbosa dos Santos, known as Manoel Maria, is a Brazilian retired footballer and football manager. He played mainly as a right winger, and competed in the men's tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
1948Patricia A. McKillip, American author (died 2022)[†]
Patricia Anne McKillip was an American author of fantasy and science fiction. She wrote predominantly standalone fantasy novels and has been called "one of the most accomplished prose stylists in the fantasy genre". Her work won many awards, including the World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2008.
1948Sonny M'Pokomandji, Central African basketball player and politician, Minister of Equipment and Transport (2003–2005)[†]
Sonny M'Pokomandji, nicknamed M'Pokson, is a retired Central African basketball player, air transport expert, and politician. He represented Central African Republic in the FIBA Africa Championship in 1968, 1970, and 1974. Later, he served as Minister of Equipment and Transport (2003–2005).
1948Robert Barrington-Ward, English lawyer and journalist (born 1891)[†]
Robert McGowan Barrington-Ward was an English barrister and journalist who was editor of The Times from 1941 until 1948.