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...Troilus and Cressida" may never have been performed in the Globe. Its first performance at the Loeb, however, seemd to augur well for College dramatics...
...difficulty of getting an international group exercising control over even such a conspicuous activity as testing bombs does not augur well for world disarmament plans, but if new suggestions such as Lloyd's continue to be produced, the hope for real international controls in other fields will become far brighter...
...Carlos Garcia, who clearly intends to point with pride to the base agreement in the forthcoming Philippine off-year elections, was quick to praise Bohlen's statesmanship and to declare that "less capable hands" might have imperiled U.S.-Philippine friendship. But Garcia's warmth did not necessarily augur an easy time for Bohlen's prospective successor, John D. Hickerson, now U.S. Ambassador to Finland. Still left for Hickerson to settle: the long-standing dispute as to how much jurisdiction Philippine courts should have over U.S. servicemen...
Such mass whimsy, of course, might augur poorly for the future of the shaky democracy in Brazil. The victory of the rhinoceros "represents a phenomenon of the greatest sociological importance," one Brazilian sociologist said. "We are on the threshold of revolt." One hopes that if revolt does come, it will continue in as good humored a fashion...
Twenty-five bicycle thefts have been reported to the University police since September. This may augur a bumper crop of bike stealing the rest of this year, as last years' total number of thefts was only about...