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General Salan described the retreat as a "tactical maneuver," and pointed out that it would leave more of his troops free to tackle Communist guerrillas operating near Hanoi. But Communists crowed victory. The capture of Hoa Binh gave them Route No. 12 as a supply line to the Chinese border...
The incident, while it will probably have little influence on the situation, weakens the U.N.'s position, which is based on General Ridgway's heated assertion that the past Red charges were phony. The candor with which the U.N. admitted the plane incident testified to its sincerity; but...
From Harvard on down, most colleges give rigidly proctored examinations. ("It seems inexcusable," says the University of Chicago's chief examiner, "to place the burden of honesty upon the students.") Only one university in ten trusts its students enough to maintain an honor system. Crowed the Stanford Daily: "As...
The British press, glumly conditioned to watching U.S. boxers flatten Britain's best, crowed with delight. Bragged the Daily Mirror: "Turpin became world champion without any of the hokum that Americans have used to bedazzle and bamboozle their opponents before the fight." London's anti-American, middlebrow New...
In due course, Harry was summoned to court and told he must show his card. But the seed of liberty had taken root, and Harry was not prepared to let things go at that. Despite the fact that no penalty had been imposed for his willfulness, he appealed his case...