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...knowing that he was probably a Soviet spy. After all, local help in Moscow must be hired from U.P.D.K., the government personnel agency for foreign employers. But if the embassy fired Sig, they reasoned, he would probably only be replaced by another spy who might be a bounder to boot. In any case, the younger Britons, who invited him to their parties and went to his, felt certain that he hated the Russians. "You see," explained Sig, "I'm a Pole.'' He made a determined pass at every new English girl he met-and at the boys...
...also became evident that the four-day shuffle was being manipulated by such highly motivated "pilgrims" as Communist agitators, anarchists, and a few thugs to boot. Last week, after the sixth annual spectacular ended in blisters and bombast in Hyde Park, most responsible Britons-including several C.N.D. co-founders-were more eager to ban the march than the bomb...
Even some of the "hard line" cadets, however, question the need for a summer version of Leadership Lab. During the summer of their junior year cadets must attend what amounts to a month of boot camp. The basic justification for subjecting a cadet to "Summer Training Unit" is that it prepares him for a combat situation in which few cadets, particularly the academically minded, will ever find themselves. Most of this year's seniors, while admitting a certain irrelavancy of summer camp, considered it a valuable test of emotional stability under high pressure. They objected, however, to the Air Force...
Credit to Boot. The counterpoint to all this is played by Chicago's economic activity. Its geography, from the city's birth, made Chicago a key factor in trade. As rail lines marked it like tracer bullets, it became a Goliath, took on even more muscle when the St. Lawrence Seaway opened still another economic channel...
...industrial capacity has reached total gross sales of $23.2 billion; now the leading steel producer in the nation, Chicago turned out one-fifth of the nation's steel in 1962. Chicago's per capita debt is only $206, and the city has a prime credit rating to boot...