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...French Foreign Office spokesman blasted Law 75 as a fait accompli and "a brutal rebuff." Foreign Minister Schuman, who has much more understanding of the Anglo-U.S. position than most Frenchmen have, called in the British and U.S. ambassadors, handed them a protest. In Washington, French Ambassador Henri Bonnet protested to Under Secretary of State Robert Lovett. The French got a promise that the Clay-Robertson action would be immediately reviewed by Washington and London...
...meeting this afternoon, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences should break through the silence. It must not accept the dissolution of the Geography Department as a fait accompli. Disinterested members of the Faculty should request that the reasons for this dissolution be announced. And unless the announcement is convincing, they should initiate an investigation of the Administration's decision. No such major policy ought to be determined and settled upon under conditions ever remotely smacking of a political intra-departmental coup d'etat...
...doesn't like to admit it in front of the Tsarevich," she added in a stage whisper, "but His Imperial Majesty is simply fascinated by Stalin-mais tout aàfait épris...
...present time the joint Associated Harvard Clubs-Alumni Association committee charged with making the recommendation has heard from only a handful of concerned old grads. Armed with 10-1 majority agreement at its October 19 meeting, the group has prominently put forth its near fait-accompli: a half-million-dollar scholarship fund coupled with the honor-roll-like display in the Church...
Although the crew season, is a fait accompli--with the Varsity well established as the best in the country in the 2,000 meter sprints and its component parts, seattered to indulge in less strenuous, summer aquatic activities, Harvard rowing is not yet a dead issue...