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Newsmen assigned to cover Adlai Stevenson's quest for the Presidency were noticeably discontented last week. Half-way between the August conventions and the November election, they had reached the state where "everybody has a gripe about something and their little piques are all coming out at once," as one veteran reporter commented...
...State Department would do well to be more subtle in its public utterances. It may evaluate Russia as it sees fit, but to the world, the United States must appear hopeful, creative, positive, and always willing to meet the Kremlin half-way. Unless the U.S. consciously attempts to create this attitude, the country may too soon learn how to lose friends and alienate people...
Then he explained the Eliot House schedule to Bennie. "We're in Eliot twice. About twelve minutes into the show, Senator Kennedy comes on. Then, about half-way through the show, 'Merchant,' with the two scenes broken up by the Pudding Show from Sanders. Then straight to Finely and back to Kennedy and a tutorial session...
...freshman intramural touch football season approaches the half-way mark, Matthews South dominates the American League with a 3-0 record, while Holworthy leads in the National loop with two wins...
...Marathon affords several distractions for the runners. Besides the Wellesley students who traditionally show up on masse at the course's half-way point, an additional 750,000 spectators are expected to line the whole route...