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This is not to detract a whit from the coaching or the Crisler system that sprung Crimson runners around end time and time again for long gains; the "Michigan efficiency" is probably the key to the season as a whole. But the key to Saturday's score was more nearly found by Red Smith in his Herald Tribune story...
...good opportunity for commending the dining hall management on their success in keeping the board rate at its former level, while continuing to buy the same quality food as last year, and while tuition and rent have been raised. Justified complaints, aggravated by the compulsory 21-meal contract, detract from the major accomplishment of serving food cheaply, however...
...secret services in a democracy work under disadvantages which those in totalitarian states are spared. A free press which loves sensations and spy stories, a prying Congress which controls the purse strings, and a foreign policy which is inclined to vary sharply with public opinion and administration polities, all detract from the Machiavellian efficiency which is considered the ultimate goal of espionage. On the other hand, a too independent and efficient intelligence service which cannot be controlled by its own government, will always develop a tendency to make its own policy. Such a bureau, the prime example of which...
...normalcy; Stewart marries Jane Wyman, a newspaperwoman who has been involved throughout. A great many other things happen during this march of events, such as a basketball game, a Saturday night dance in a high school gymnasium, and a genteel love scene or two, but none of them detract enough from the main line to provide salvation for the picture as a whole, entertaining as they may be locally...
House objections on this score are hardly justified. Only on the crowded weekends will dance competition occur, and this year's examples of the Dartmouth and Princeton sellouts should assure the Houses of excellent sales under similar conditions. A delaying argument on this point would detract from the encouraging forward movement of both parties toward a necessary and beneficial harmony...