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Although this is the age of psychological warriors and public-opinion surveyors, the most astute diplomacy is often just what comes naturally. Last week the U.S. sponsored, and committed itself to attend, a three-power conference with Britain and France in Bermuda in late June. In its broadest meaning, the conference was an astute piece of diplomacy because it headed off, for at least a month, the premature demands in Western Europe for a four-power talk with the Russians. But it was astute mostly because it was what came naturally...
...President tried out his idea on his advisers. Then, after dinner, he put in a transatlantic call to Sir Winston Churchill. It was towards midnight in London, but the old Prime Minister was still up, and delighted at the proposal. He suggested Bermuda as a conference site, agreed that late June (after the coronation, and after an Eisenhower trip to the Midwest) would be fine. Eisenhower phoned Mayer, who was pleased too, although he dropped out of the picture the next day when his government was overthrown...
...sunny days, when Bermuda shorts and lecture notes reappear along the Charles' banks, the river is dotted with clumsy wherries, maneuvered by PT credit-conscious freshmen, laboriously tugging their ears, nervously trying to stay on a straight course...
Although the Board will allow exam-bound Radcliffe girls to wear blue jeans, a long coat (length unspecified) must veil such trousers at all times off the Quad bounds. The "long coat" ukase extends to cover so-called Bermuda, or long shorts...
...varsity's 8 to 0 victory over the Wanderers' in the second game was probably the season's major upset, especially in the lift of the Wanderers' 23 to 8 win against the Crimson in Bermuda. Johnny Nicholas and Dike Hyde played outstandingly, as did the entire team...