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...from changing anybody's policies, Macmillan's chief ambition seemed to be to dispel the notion, widely held in France and Germany, that Britain was about to sell the West's family jewels to Russia. In Paris one of Macmillan's aides gave a rueful rundown of the initial discussions between his boss and De Gaulle. Said he: "We spent the whole day shooting down three ideas. The first was that we British were 'disengagers.' The second was that we were just plain yellow, and the third was that we had separated from...
...private organization at the expense of another. If the Commonwealth is to delegate broad responsibility to a group such as MeBAC, it should make certain that no one theatrical company is given a monopoly on its board such as the Cambridge Drama Festival now holds. This would not only dispel the charges of unfairness that now jeopardize the Arts Center project, but the valuable theatrical experience of a boader range of people on the MeBAC board might well benefit the Center in its hazardous task of launching a repertory theatre...
...emphasized this united stand in order to dispel reports that the United States, Britain, France, and West Germany were split over how far to go in blocking the Soviet Union's move to drive the Western Big Three out of the divided city...
...they prove nothing else, the arguments over Harvard participation in the National Student Association at least dispel the Silent Generation myth. The pro-and-con has been noisy and thoughtful, and today's referendum will reflect the views of a relatively well-informed electorate...
...dull affairs at best, involving a hasty scrawl on a mimeographed ballot before one settles down to supper; and today's promises to be no more exciting. But with as important a measure as the Re-evaluation Report coming before the College, the Council would have done well to dispel the cloud of apathy surrounding its proposed revamping. For it will take two-thirds of the ballots cast to get an improved Student Council...