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...since the advent of the "Common Man" has there been a political catchword that con compare in ambiguous anonymity with the nebulous, oft praised, oft maligned, but seldom defined character-the American Liberal. At different times and in different countries the term "liberal" has connected almost every conceivable shade of political opinion. But regardless of its etymological history, the word can be properly applied to a definite American political philosophy. Although it has been bandied about with an appalling lack of discrimination, it is, in this year of our Lord, 1946, a satisfactory label for a certain group of Americans...
...Liberal id not to be distinguished by his party affiliations. More than likely he will be registered as a Democrat, but that is a rule so often violated as to lose all validity. Neither con a person's views on foreign policy be used as an adequate test of his right to be called a Liberal. Most Liberals are strong supporters of the U. N.; many of them over an even more powerful would organization. But some of the ablest advocates of the U. N. are men who can by no stretch of the imagination described as liberal. a Liberal...
Heath had killed two girls; in the fortnight between the murders, Scotland Yard had let the papers say he was wanted because "he might be able to help in the investigations"-but had forbidden them to print his picture. With the Yard's con-tempt-of-court club no longer over their heads, London dailies last week angrily attacked this police censorship. Their argument: they could have shown Heath's picture to Britain's millions in the two weeks while he was at large-as American papers would certainly have done-and it might well have prevented...
...year's loudest political bombshell burst in the press like a pinwheel exploding in a chicken coop. Scrambling to get hold of the fast-breaking Henry Wallace story, U.S. newspapers galloped off in all directions. Readers were belabored with conflicting pro & con columns, editorials and news stories. They patted Wallace on the back for what he said, kicked him in the pants for saying it, and explored nearly every possible alternative reaction...
...routine work, three to four days a week plus Saturday are necessary, and the total amount of time put in is usually not more than the time spent by the players. In the arrangement of afternoon schedules for the candidates, con- sideration is given to afternoon classes and labs...