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...newspaper El Siglo, mouthpiece of ailing President Laureano Gómez, praised Bolivar's idea of rule by an elite. In editorials supposedly written by Gómez himself, El Siglo echoed Bolívar's dictum that "elections are the scourge of all republics," and upheld the Liberator's aristocratic approach to politics. Said El Siglo: "If the law is abnormal or inconvenient, push it to one side . . . Retain elasticity . . . though procedure may not always be strictly legal. The letter kills; the spirit gives life...
...Which George Bernard Shaw advanced, years before Cobina did, in the dictum: "Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children." * Who died last month (TIME, Feb. 4). Cobina was the second of his five wives...
...apparent confusion between the two groups stems from the fact that the Council is made up of 976 colleges plus 145 national educational organizations, one of which is the NCAA. The Council can not force its members to adopt its suggestions, but any college which ignores Saturday's dictum on athletics is likely to find itself without official recognition, just as it would if its educational methods were below standard...
...Bold" strip teasers and female impersonators were banned as well in a Friday dictum but so far no axe seems to have fallen on the Old Howard, a favorite student haunt...
...with gaiety and wit; his poster for Eptinger mineral water is as bubbly as the drink itself. Prizewinner Hans Erni specializes in such unexpected stunts as turning the reels of a film projector into owlish eyes. Master of a flowing, Picassoesque line, sober-sided Erni works by a simple dictum: "It's the idea that matters...