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...most fascinating fact about these staggering figures, which were leaked to foreign correspondents, was that they did not appear in the Soviet press. Soviet specialists in Washington think that the targeted growth can be achieved only by a new emphasis on heavy industry, during which the consumer will not get less than he has been getting-he may perhaps get even a little more-but less than he has been promised. They conclude that reasons of international power have prevailed over consumer goods, and Khrushchev believes he can get away with it because the Russian consumer at least has more...
Last week the Senate summoned Rojas to appear and defend himself. In answer, Rojas issued a defiant communique: "I cannot recognize this farce, conceived in hate, vengeance and vain haughtiness." As the hour of his appointment with the Senate passed, a few followers in the town house tried to convince Rojas that the glorious days of power would return. "Mi general," shouted one, "the people are with you." Rojas smiled, nodded and hugged himself: "I am enveloped in the constitution...
...case on the improvements which the new team will usher in as well as on the complaints against the old. Varsity letter-men are to compose the new cheerleading squad, a procedure which was used before the war. Reinstating the old system at this time, however, makes it appear that the UAC wants to improve the cheerleaders only because the football team has shown new promise. With the new success of the team, the cheerleaders have become the poor relatives who show up at embarrassing times...
News censorship, such as that which occured at LIU, is not the only form of restrictive action taken against the free expression of student opinion. The second instance of restraint involves the broader issue of casting a blanket of silence around controversial speakers, by not allowing them to appear on college campuses. Such was the action taken by the Administrative Council of the Board of Higher Education of New York to prohibit persons convicted under the Smith Act from speaking at the city colleges...
...football for a relatively quiet existence as coach at tiny Gettysburg College. In coming to Harvard, many felt, Yovicsin would find the "big-time" too much to handle. Nothing could have been further from the truth. His low-pressure approach to football and his genuine love of the game appear to have solved the problem of what type of man should be head coach of the Crimson team...