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...midst of the little wars that erupt periodically in New Haven and Princeton between undergraduates and the sharp-eyed Deans' Office, the freedom-loving sons of Eli and Nassau repeatedly point north to their Cambridge brethren. Yearly, they ask for similar mature and reasonable treatment from their own administrators. Basking as they do, then, in the the light of benevolent rule, Harvard students may be expected to be amazed if not a little hurt when University Hall suddenly turns to severe and unprecedented disciplinary measures. The recent Administrative Board decision to put seven undergraduates with heavy parking violations on probation...
Here at home, the War Production Board will erupt as Charles E. (Electric Charlie) Wilson and Donald M. Nelson bring their long-standing feud to a head. And Sidney J. Weinberg, WPB vice-chairman assigned to the job of making peace between them, will also quit in disgust. Charlie will be pleased to know that Governor Thomas E. Dewey will conduct a stirring campaign as the Republican nominee for President...
Five o'clock-the buildings erupt: "My train, my bus, my subway, my ferry. Got a dime? Lend me a dime. See you tomorrow. I got to hurry, I miss my train. What time...
...trodden field of Othello with creditable success, marred only by the lead's unfortunate ineptness. Richard Heffron, in the title role, was more of a weight than a buoy to the show. Playing his early scenes in a sullen monotone, he gave no hint of a character that could erupt into uxoricide. Then, in his big scenes, he abandoned himself to steady roaring, without climaxes or the delicate shading that devides the complete amateur from the budding professional. As a result, Othello was without depth, a man of stock motions, trite passions and an unbelievable temper...
...soft glow, the dead-black background of the murals seems to recede. Saturn with its rings stands out almost in three dimensions, clear and cold and quiet. The waving streamers of the aurora shimmer in a delicate pastel curtain. Flamelike solar prominences erupt from the surface of the sun with more clarity than in the original coronagraph pictures. Nothing seems to stand still: the murals vibrate with energy...