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...addition to affecting negotiation, civil defense could also disrupt American foreign policy by concentrating atten-of thermonuclear war, thus diverting thought and resources from the alternatives of conventional warfare or political propaganda...
...Guinea Pig, the reverence and ribbing are directed at the British public-school system, traditional incubator of British snobs, heroes and statesmen. As part of a program inspired by the labor government, Jack Read (Richard Atten-borough), a kid from the wrong side of the London tracks, is enrolled in one of England's oldest, most snobbish schools. For several reels, while the camera conscientiously explores the virtues and vices of the school system, young Jack gets caned, taunted, snubbed and bullied by his masters and schoolmates. In the end he emerges a successful product of the British public...
...Trieste, once more in the world of free men, the three released Americans, Lieut. William Van Atten, Pfc. Glen A. Meyer and Pfc. Earl G. Hendrick Jr., told their story of five days in the Yugoslav shadows...
Said Lieut. Van Atten: "The most surprising thing about the whole incident was the extreme belligerency of the Yugoslavs in seizing us and then the contrasting careful way they treated us before our release. Boy! They really handled us with kid gloves during our detention...
...night while clerking by day, had a wife, two children and debts totaling $500 when he passed his bar examinations. The debts were soon paid off, for as a lawyer he did well, especially with Negro cases. His dark clients called him "de bes' niggah lawyah dat atten's dese...