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...National Committee in the state is young D. B. Hardeman, who along with Maury Maverick, Jr. and Jim Sewall forms the nucleus of a group of liberal young Democrats, who, according to seasoned political observers, are the rising powers in the state. New Dealer Maury Maverick, Sr, continues to exert considerable influence in San Antonio and thereabouts...
...lightly as possible-is all in regal slow-motion, like a Coronation rehearsal. Actress Martin cannot fail to be personally engaging, but her portentous pauses and rather statuesque poses are a mistake. Boyer's role allows an excellent actor no chance to act, and he can only exert a matinee-idol charm. Except to watch its two stars at far from their best, there can be no reason to see Kind...
...dailies, few staffers exert more direct influence on readers than the food editor; only the front page and the comics have a bigger readership. Last week 133 of these influential newshens (130) and newsmen (three) gathered at Chicago's Drake Hotel for their tenth annual meeting, where they ate their way through as many as nine meals and snacks a day, dutifully reported on them for their papers. No one was more conscious of their influence than the 31 U.S. food companies who set the tables for them, filled them with food, and garnished the meals with compliments...
...only real opposition the Communists have met so far has been from the French. But with a large section of French Indo-China in their hands, the Communists will be in a position to exert heavy pressure on non-French neighboring countries where governments are weak and inexperienced...
...properly force a resignation. And Mr. Leach can go contrary to the determination of his colleagues. But how long can the rest of us remain silent? How long must it be before the forces wishing to preserve a man's right to first class citizenship (until criminally convicted) exert counter pressure? Counter pressures which unqualifiedly announce that we are not afraid of the existence of two communists or communist sympathizers in our student body and that if some members of the community would take away their opportunities, we would welcome them among us all the more. We would urge that...