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...have a scholastic obligation, he either goes back to sleep, plays a little croquet on the lawn, or tosses a couple of horseshoes. The crewmen are not permitted to injure themselves and are therefore restricted to such relatively tame activities; in any case, they have little inclination to exert themselves. A ten mile row before breakfast (when the river is calm) is generally enough to eliminate any desires they harber for violent exercise later...
Catholic population, the papers are equally careful not to print any news which might offend the church, even though top Boston newsmen know of no instances where it has tried to exert pressure on the newspapers. Nevertheless, such stories as the debate between Paul Blanshard and Father George H. Dunne at Harvard in February over the political power of the church are virtually ignored (only the Globe printed a story on the debate). Such sacred cows, real or fancied, tend to blunt the nose-for-news of even the best reporters...
...though the play breathes the spirit of the story, it does not exert the same spell. Often it cannot: some of the finest moments are lost to the stage. On its own terms, The Innocents is a little too thin: often fascinating, always atmospheric, it has few real outward thrills, little real inner tension. Its best scenes involve the children, brilliantly played by Child Actors David Cole and Iris Mann. As the governess, Beatrice Straight offers competence faintly tinged with monotony...
Jaffe, an exert in administrative law, has practised law both privately and in the government, and has taught for 12 years. He has written extensively, especially on problems in the field of administrative...
When Nationalist authorities whiffed the brewing plot, they promptly ordered CNAC (China National Aviation Corp.) and CATC (Central Air Transport Corp.) to shift all operations from Hong Kong to Formosa, where Chiang Kai-shek's forces could exert closer control. But at dawn one day last week, eleven planeloads of pilots and crewmen chose instead to slip off from Hong Kong's Kai Tak airfield and head for Red China. Seventy more Nationalist-owned planes remained grounded at Hong Kong. Pro-Communist personnel guarded them against seizure by Nationalist agents, who were forced to seek help in unsympathetic...