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...free if he is not protected by law from the spreading of malicious gossip about himself. If the law did regard the relationship between a reporter and his source of information as confidential, what would protect the individual from being slandered by an irresponsible columnist who could disclaim responsibility lor his malicious actions by pleading "confidential relationship...
Members of the Ivy League and six other Eastern schools have recently registered opposition to the anti-subversion provision of the National Defense Education Act. The regulation in question would require all recipients of federal stipends under the act to disclaim in writing any belief in "subversive movements...
...double-play combinations in baseball. The Redlegs, who started the season slowly, are all playing their own game by now, at week's end were on top in the pennant race thanks to a twelve-game winning streak. "Some players," said modest Manager Tebbetts as he tried to disclaim credit for such crowd-pleasing play, "have to be on a winning club to do their best." Winning certainly seemed to suit ex-Castoff Don Hoak...
...giants heartily disclaim that they are smothering the small fry among manufacturers and dealers. Protests General Electric Co. Executive Vice President Roy Johnson: "We don't believe that only the full-line appliance manufacturers will survive this race. Some small company may come up with a new feature, like a waterless machine that would vibrate the dirt out of clothes, and sweep the field...
...same time show a sincere desire to rectify this in the eyes of the world. Rarely does and find a person who denies association with the Nazi evil, even though he himself had no part in it. This is not the case in Western Germany, where many will disclaim any knowledge of the concentration camps. As one Berlin girl said to me: "Why don't you hate us all for what we have done." Her family had been wiped out, all good party members. She and others talk long and vehemently about building a changed country from the ashes...