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...Atomic Dessert...
...this fall, after the Yale game, the management of the Harvard union counted to three, held its breath, and let women into the dining hall. Except for that lone daring experiment, Yardlings have been forced to face up to inflationary restaurant prices if they wish to dally over their dessert with a girt. Confronted by an apparently arbitrary union policy, students are irritated by other inconveniences caused by eating out, minor inconveniences that would be overlooked if there was any sound reason for the Union's all-male atmosphere...
These were probably the harshest words ever spoken of a dessert. But a lot of non-Americans (notably Britons) had long regarded the U.S. public's attitude toward The Bomb as callous to the point of idiocy. Although this interpretation did the U.S. an injustice, it had a certain justification. Some Americans, for instance, missed the point of Davies' tirade. Said L. K. Stephens, bakery supply salesman, who helped design and bake the cake: "We intended the cake as something...
Lady Cripps. head of the British United Aid to China Fund, reached Nanking with her young daughter last week, bringing British good will, good works and goods, including a 24-piece dessert service for Madame Chiang Kaishek, and a 40-piece porcelain tea service for Madame Sun Yatsen. The Chinese responded with an enthusiastic welcome, including a poem in her honor by Ambassador to Britain Cheng Tien...
...Sultan of Sulu, ruler of North Borneo. The grateful Sultan granted him shipping rights in his domain; later, at a resplendent dinner, he let Cowie persuade him to cede sovereignty over North Borneo to a British syndicate (in an expansive mood, the Sultan threw in the mother-of-pearl dessert plates on the table, along with his realm). Cowie, as one of the directors of the new British North Borneo Company, moved into a mud hut and kept a sharp eye on the natives. The Company set up its own Governor, cabinet and judges, to carry civilization into the island...