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...white man's disease, was unknown in Africa. Some authorities hold that the Negro is more susceptible to tuberculosis than the white man because he has been exposed to the tubercle bacillus for only three or four generations, has not yet developed the white man's age-old resistance. But latest research shows that prime cause of the high Negro t.b. rate is poor living conditions...
...that it was Herr Ribbentrop and not the Pope who sought the meeting. German sources in Rome predicted that the Foreign Minister would not discuss Poland; Vatican sources retorted that it is not the visitor who decides what will be discussed at a Papal audience but the Pope himself. Age-old protocol sternly prohibits a visitor from bringing up new subjects before His Holiness...
Bliss, who is chairman of the 1943 Freshman Redbook board also asserted that, although an age-old tradition prevents the change or improvement of the external appearance of the book, there will be several unique changes inside the book...
...Harvard students, we share with the rest of American youth the problem of keeping America out of war. We want no part of Europe's age-old quarrels and blood-baths. To insure that our country remains at peace we must create opportunities for peaceful pursuits. It is essential that youth make itself heard in demanding greater educational facilities, better opportunities for jobs, and increased social legislation. To guard against war hysteria swamping our country's resolve to remain at peace, we must raise our voices in defense of civil liberties, of the Bill of Rights, wherever and however they...
Large, powerfully built Cardinal Hlond, friend of Polish farmers and laborers, an educator with a liberal, modern tinge, had long worked to heal the age-old enmity of Germany and Poland. Excerpts from His Eminence's report to Pope Pius XII and the radio digest...