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...entering a grassy bottomland bordered by reeds the height of a man. Here they were spotted by a farm boy, who raced to notify South Korean military police. Joined by a detail of U.S. troops, the police challenged the invaders, who opened fire, killing Corporal George Larion, 24, of Davison, Mich., and a South Korean policeman...
...high and low churchmen alike, were surprisingly hopeful about bringing the merger off. Said the Rt. Rev. George Sinker, provost of the Diocese of Birmingham: "I think this is the finest opportunity we have had since we turned John Wesley out of the Church of England." The Rev. Leslie Davison, president of the Methodist Conference, went so far as to say: "Denominations have fulfilled their...
...named seven Americans, one Briton and two Russians as major figures in the espionage ring, which was accused of "wholesale and retail'' trade in Russian engineering and scientific secrets. Top operative, according to Pravda, was the U.S. embassy's Russian-speaking physician. Air Force Captain Alexis Davison, 31, who was "openheartedly received as a true colleague'' by Soviet doctors. It was Davison, said the Russians, who was so preoccupied by the lamppost. The charcoal circle was a signal that information was ready to be picked up at 5-6 Pushkin Street by another embassy staffer...
...most prominent issue raised about performance--what place should faculty members hold in student music groups--now appears near resolution. Both Archibald Davison and G. Wallace Woodworth directed the Glee Club as invited unofficial advisors; the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra prized its independence from the faculty and paid as well as appointed its own conductor. But a move for closer collaboration came to a head when the directorship of the Glee Club changed hands, and Elliot Forbes arrived as the first music professor to both conduct and teach...
...rather it would drift into a nostalgic sitting-round-the-fire sort of mood which could be poignant but little else. This sentimental cliche seemed to deaden the vivacious choruses from The Beggar's Opera, and seemed to some degree to underlay almost all the folksongs. Davison's arrangement did avoid it by its striking chords and elaborate voicing, and Fukunata's Barcarolle of Koshiki Isle escaped it through a swift melodic dive repeated throughout...