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in Brussels this year.
What it sees are impressive strides
in science and industry, new horizons
in architecture, a history of accomplish
ment and progress. And something else
a giant atom hanging over it like a
sword of Damocles and two dominant
powers contending for popular favor.
The mirror is the $400-million Belgium
World's Fair which almost succeeds in its
goal of showing "the cooperation among
nations and the advancement of human
ity" almost succeeds.
The advancements are reflected in each
of the exhibits and "pavilions sponsored
by 41 nations, eight international organi
zations, and numerous commercial
institutions. But the spirit of "co
operation" has turned, as in the world
itself, to a spirit of competition.
Symbolically, the two biggest and most
popular pavilions are those of the
United States and the Soviet Union.
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Family Weekly, July 6. I95X