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...took only a short while for Colley and everybody on the floor to begin disliking him intensely. One thing that irked them most was his "masquerading as a veteran." Says Joseph Blundon '49, "We were all veterans and his pretending to be one went over like a lead balloon...
Some newsmen viewed Nixon's statement on Indo-China as a "trial balloon," but others persuasively pointed out that he made the statements in reply to a question put to him by one of the editors, rather than in his prepared speech. They also argued that if it actually was a "trial balloon," it was floated in such a clumsy fashion that Nixon's cautious statement was confused in the uproar over who made it. Whatever Nixon's reasons, he successfully proved that it is impossible to speak before an audience of 600 and keep the speech...
...high jinks rather slow down, too. But while Shirley is dancing a clog and singing In the Good Old Summertime against Composer Schwartz's Coney Island Boat, or while she is riding with Wilbur Evans through the Tunnel of Love, or going up in a Fourth of July balloon, it is all very festive. And when Mae Barnes lets go with Happy Habit, or sparks the second act with Hang Up, it is all very fine. Arthur Schwartz's score is pleasant; there are some lively Tamiris dances and attractive Mielziner sets. The show needs more boardwalk...
...retarded child had better be given remedial study courses as soon as possible. Otherwise, his problems balloon as he struggles through grade school, become overpowering by the time he reaches high school or college. Last fall, in St. Louis, Public School Superintendent of Instruction Philip J. Hickey began an experimental clinic for retarded third-graders (aged 8-10) in five schools. The results have convinced Superintendent Hickey that he is on the right track...
...opposes a legal procedure can appeal to the courts. It is a fine characteristic, but it has nothing to do with whether we, as independent observers, feel that Wendell Furry's strategy is the one which will best serve this nation and at the same time puncture the McCarthy balloon. In other words, Wendell Furry's testimony cannot be judged on moral grounds alone. It must be evaluated in the light of the very practical matter at hand. How do we stop unscrupulous politicians from making unsubstantiated attacks on American education, attacks that can hurt the proper functioning of universities...