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Oops! When-by virtue of guile, luck or the dexterity of an acrobat-he gets a seat, he immediately becomes conscious of another startling fact. The seats are too small, and his posterior is subject to the same grip which clamps once exerted on the necks of photographers' victims...
...three days southern Britain lay hushed in the grip of one of the worst fogs in the memory of any living Londoner. Then a cold front from Siberia swept down and blew it away...
Union reading tastes are also tainted with a sexual flavor and pink hue, as may be noted from monthly sellouts of Esquire and The Nation. Apparently contrary to the liberal arts trend shown in University course popularity figures, this scientific age of wonders retains a strong grip on the technically-minded Yardlings who avidly devour all procurable copies of Amazing Science when it makes its monthly appearance...
...Britain faces in most colonies counterparts of the Indian communal strife. Whenever British rule is firmly consolidated and seemingly permanent, political conflict between native groups is nonexistent or subdued because there is no power for the natives to fight over. But when the British show signs of relaxing their grip on any colony, then racial, religious, tribal or individual competition to fill the prospective vacuum of power is intensified...
...conference should be chosen for their qualifications to deal with the organizational problems of a student force, and not for any partisan affiliations they may have. The conference is not intended to provide students with a shouting voice on American troops in China, but with a strong grip on their own immediate conditions...