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Last spring's much-debated election for an "all-Korea" government was characterized by rightist terrorism and lawlessness, particularly by Dr. Rhee's semi-fascist Youth Corps. The 80 percent participation was hailed as a triumph for democracy in the American press. Actually, U. S. authorities failed to distinguish between liberals and communists and supported only rightists among the 200 parties...
...some kinds of radiation, Dr. Collins says, his scintillation counter is at least ten times as sensitive as a conventional Geiger counter. It can also distinguish between different types of particles, which the Geiger counter cannot do without screens or other extra equipment...
...Annapolis, that crew-cut Harvard men expect them to know what "catching a crab" means, and that at Dartmouth there are only three seasons: before, during and after winter. For girls on their way to Annapolis or West Point, Weekend gives full details on military protocol, and how to distinguish cadet first classmen by the stripes on their sleeves from the lowlier "cows" or "yearlings" (at the Point "You walk everywhere, spend your own money, and half the time you're not with your escort...
...Dramatic Club commented that a person like this differs from the "critics who can't distinguish wit and sophistication from vulgarity...
...French Communists, who were once very helpful, have clammed up since the reinstitution of the Corn-inform. Like any other political party, however, they play politics within their own organization and can thus be approached individually. The trick then, as it is in all political reporting, is to distinguish between the real news the politico has to offer and the propaganda he is trying to put across...