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Alarmed by Syrians' loathing for Serraj -and well aware that an uprising in the U.A.R.'s remote northern province might not easily be suppressed-Nasser belatedly removed Serraj from power and assigned him to Cairo. Under one of Nasser's closest and ablest friends, Field Marshal Abdel Hakim Amer (who was put on a plane to Cairo by the rebels last week), civil rights were restored-and ironically, Syrians were able to plot last week's coup...
...Nevertheless, despite . . . gnawing doubts about the soundness of our criteria, I believe that the present Harvard student body is much the ablest academically in our history. What gives me even more satisfaction, it is an extraordinarily fine collection of human beings, by any standard. I have more doubts about the ability of Harvard College under present conditions to give these men an education worthy of their quality than I have about them as men or scholars...
...revolt had got off to a promising start. It was led by some of the nation's ablest officials, who had been driven to despair by the chaotic rule of affable President Sukarno. From Sumatra to the Celebes, more than 100,000 men flocked to the rebel colors. Demanding more autonomy for the outer islands and prompt suppression of Indonesia's potent Communist Party, the rebels initially got cloak-and-dagger assistance from Washington's ubiquitous C.I.A...
...Many philosophy departments get over-represented in one point of view because they tend to employ their ablest students in one area," he remarked. But most departments, aside from those in Catholic schools, present various points of view. he says. "This is not chaotic, but stimulating. there is no greater tribute to a teacher than to have students give evidence of independent study. The first-rate philosopher doesn't look for disciples; but many of them are all too human in this respect...
Suleiman himself was a sulky Sultan. He was rightly called The Lawgiver, but he beheaded grand viziers right and left, even had his two ablest sons murdered. The one remaining son eventually became Selim the Sot, the first of a long line of drunkards and degenerates that ruled until after World War I, when the sultanate fell and the great Mustapha Kemal Ataturk took over the rule of Turkey...