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...most part, Britons, after thinking it over, were inclined to forgive Daisy. "Nobody who has met Frau Schlitter," wrote the Manchester Guardian, "doubts her enjoyment of the London scene and her affection for the English. It would be a pity if a slip of the tongue were to disturb−it could surely not damage−the career of her husband, who has created a wholly favorable impression here...
Apparently this solution has been suggested before, and rejected. Now the Administration has rejected it again, and from what we know of its arguments, they are specious. The objection is that when non-science students, who would be given the extended time, receive their blue-books, would disturb already-writing scientists in the same room. But there is no reason why a science student wouldn't benefit as much as his neighbor from seeing his exam in slightly more relaxed surroundings. And it would always be possible to admit the non-scientists to be admitted to the room 15 minutes...
...Disturb us and you will be turned to ashes!" cried the officiating sadhu, a holy man, as Surana's men forced their way through the ring of rubbernecks. The cops attacked a pile of cement slabs with pickaxes and dragged a young Hindu out of a freshly dug grave. A 25-year-old laborer who had become the sadhus' "disciple" only two months before, he was barely alive. But dead or alive, his act of faith would have made the hill a profitable shrine for his masters who would later pass the hat to pilgrims coming there...
...Soviet Union, by Richard Pipes of the Russian Research Center, is a study of this empire in the making. Along with the gross anatomy of acquisition, Pipes combines a more rewarding discussion of the physiology of the empire, tracing the course of the troublesome nationality controversies that still disturb Soviet planners...
...know a thing boys." Appeals to the U.S. consulate for information brought only the reply, "This is a British affair." One reporter who called the police commissioner at 2 a.m. to check a "rumor" that the plane had been shot down was abruptly cut off: "How dare you disturb...