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...Brewing Co., was, cried she, "a scheme of education for alcoholism." Not at all, retorted Columbia's Dean Carl W. Ackerman. "It is raising the standards of entertainment in American homes. Any development which contributes to the improvement of home life is wholesome, because the home is the bulwark of democracy." Furthermore, "there is ample precedent" for college-brewery relations in the fact that "Vassar College was founded and endowed...
...should show active hostility only toward an aggressor nation, and let a country's internal affairs be settled internally. Every peaceful country is a potential ally against an aggressor nation, and we need every ally we can find, especially one with a large standing army occupying the last bulwark of continental Western Europe. Indeed, we are giving aid to Tito's Communist dictatorship: and how can the CRIMSON editors reconcile their advocacy of alliance with Tito's Yugoslavia with their hostility toward Franco's Spain? Herbert Barry...
...United States, by voting with the majority on Saturday, demonstrated that it has moved all the way from viewing Spain as a liability of the West to considering it a bulwark against communism. But Spain, with a government that is unstable politically and economically and of doubtful strategic importance, remains a liability nevertheless. The U.N. decision means simply that the chance of replacing Franco with a more acceptable government has been considerably lessened...
...line, the Big Red is loaded. James employs the two platoon system and can field an offensive forward wall which averages 200 pounds. Bulwark of the Ithacans' line is John Pierik, the co-captain, who weighs 200 pounds. He is rated one of the top pivot-men in the East...
...Cleveland Press (circ. 293,690), Ohio's biggest daily newspaper, agreed with the court. Said the Press: "Freedom of the press is too important a bulwark of our way of life to be dragged in as an alibi for trying to get rid of a competitor . . . Freedom of the press, is ... not an excuse for selfish or arrogant behavior...