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...horrors grip the student so much as the discovery of a reserve book in his room at noon. Once trapped with an eight dollar fine, he is apt to think of all librarians as dusty financiers practicing free enterprise at his expense. Though a few defects and injustices have beset Lamont's heavy fine system in the past, only some penalty could prevent students from hoarding scarce books. Furthermore, a fund was necessary to replace those copies which have somehow disappeared during the year. A revised schedule of fines, to be tried this spring, will do much to improve...
...anyone who was listening, Berlin proved one thing: Russia has no intention of yielding her grip on Germany−now or at any time in the foreseeable future. Hope of agreement died early in Berlin; the West must now press ahead with its long-postponed needs, chief among them German rearmament...
Shell wants to go deeper and drill other wells around Eagle Springs' perimeter before it claims a big field. But Nevada was already in the grip of an oil fever. By week's end, some 2,000,000 acres had been filed on, bringing more than $1,000,000 into Reno's land office...
...lives today in the grip of great principles. The challenge to the free world is Communism-political, military and economic. This challenge dictates the major factors in the U.S. counterchallenge: 1) the U.S. must define clear attitudes on Communism which can be reflected in political and military policies; 2) it must prove the vitality of a political-economic system which both fortifies the free world and preserves the worth of the individual...
...victory tonight will give the Crimson an even tighter grip on the Pentagonal lead. While the remaining four teams in the League have been alternately beating each other, the varsity has twice downed Dartmouth and once topped Brown. Yale, with a 3-2 Pentagonal record is in second place...