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United Nations forces smashed into the Communists' "iron triangle" and captured large stores of arms. Although the enemy was withdrawing from this strategic area he was resisting bitterly east of the Hwachon dam. [1:8; map P.2.]
Dewey to attend NYC hearings; speculation on pol and other implications of probe
1st qr rept, '51, shows deficit; Trustee Draper makes pub '50 operating rept
Yugoslavia will be only nation getting US aid after June 18 if amendment becomes effective, official analysis of law; Truman opposition to law revd; US seen losing sources of valuable imports; pol ramifications noted
NY Times survey finds US coll students ignoram of and misinformed on basic facts; table of results of test prepared under Dr Van Valkenburg direction
1951Yasumasa Morimura, Japanese painter and photographer[†]
Yasumasa Morimura is a contemporary Japanese performance and appropriation artist whose work encompasses photography, film, and live performance. He is known for his reinterpretation of recognizable artworks and figures from art history, history, and mass media through his adoption of personas that transcend national, ethnic, gendered, and racial boundaries. Across his photographic and performative series, Morimura's works explore a number of interconnected themes, including: the nature of identity and its ability to undergo change, postcolonialism, authorship, and the Western view of Japan – and Asia, more broadly – as feminine.
In 1951, the world population was approximately 2,543,130,380 people[†]