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...unexpected, proof of U.S. cultural barbarism. At the University of Glasgow (founded 1451), students have been throwing things for generations, have made public uproar an honored tradition. A visiting Frenchman once called Glasgow's men "the greatest bunch of savages in Europe," and Glaswegians took it as a compliment. Last week, stimulated by both the university's 500th anniversary and Scotland's hullabaloo over the Stone of Destiny, the Glasgow savages outdid themselves...
Arriving in Melbourne with her Aussie bridegroom, brilliant, brisk Author Barbara (Policy for the West) Ward, 36, a former governor of the British Broadcasting Corp., had a compliment of a kind for the country. Said she: "Australia is lucky to have no television. I hope you go a long time without television. Civilized people don't need...
...Senate paid big, solid Charles Wilson its best and rarest compliment. Without even calling him up to Capitol Hill for a going-over, it unanimously confirmed his appointment as Director of Defense Mobilization...
...readers as he has before on cancer quacks, police and psychology. All have brought a flood of mail from medical men. The letter that Curtis prizes most came from Dr. Charles S. Cameron, medical and scientific director of the American Cancer Society Inc. Wrote Dr. Cameron: "May I compliment you on the splendid service you are rendering the public...
When Ernest Walter Hives was made chairman of the board of Rolls-Royce Ltd. last month, it was a fine compliment to his engineering skill. It was the first time a man who had come up from the ranks had sat in a chair heretofore reserved for eminent public figures. Last week, just before the retreat in Korea, Lord Hives was paid the kind of compliment he likes even better. The British Commonwealth 29th Brigade went into action with what some experts call the West's best heavy tank, the low-slung, 52-ton Centurion. It is powered...