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...admits that China and the United States came breathlessly close to war in 1954, when Chou Enlai's own brand of "brinkmanship" succeeded in "stretching the peace in Asia almost to the breaking-point," he confidently assures the reader that Peking has since reversed its policy to one of con...

Author: By Samuel J. Walker, | Title: The New China | 4/18/1956 | See Source »

Braucher and Schlesinger will give arguments pro and con, respectively, on the topic, "Resolved, That the Present Administration's Record Warrants Eisenhower's Re-election...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: At Political Forum | 4/17/1956 | See Source »

Spotty Spotters. But some thought that total freedom was unwise. "Most college freshmen, at 17, aren't secure enough to tolerate the absence of intellectual con trols without anxiety," said Psychologist Weir. Added Caltech's George Beadle: "Isn't there a fallacy in complete freedom? Most of us have to have a push to get things done." M.I.T.'s Soderberg: "Since our students are relatively immature at the beginning of college, completely unrestricted freedom probably can't be applied until the third year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Exceptionally Exceptional | 4/2/1956 | See Source »

Dunster's six, with a 9-3-1 record, will play Pierson at Yale. Pete Hoagland will start at center, Con McNeil and Jack Hobbes at right and left wing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Puritan, Dunster Teams Will Face Yale Opponents Today | 3/17/1956 | See Source »

...Your handling of the agricultural issue is positively unfair ... I hear this farm situation discussed pro and con 20 times a day, and I haven't the answer to our trouble, but I do know that partisan reporting will only harm us. Delve into this deal a little deeper. You'll find Ed Murrow knew what he was talking about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 27, 1956 | 2/27/1956 | See Source »

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