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...Hué students. In the twisting alleyways of the old city, digging out the Communists turned out to be a tough task. After two days of combat, President Thieu phoned ARVN I Corps Commander Lieut. General Hoang Xuan Lam and demanded that he get Hué back in allied hands???and "get it back fast...
Nowhere has Paul's desire for balance and consensus been more apparent than in his dealings with the council, where time and again he has acted as a brake on the progressive majority. Occasionally his brake is well-executed. He took the crucial birth-control problem from council hands???which on the surface displays little faith in collegiality. Now, however, some Catholic thinkers feel that he may be more progressive on the issue than most of the bishops, and that he will gradually introduce a change in the church's stand that will ultimately leave the decision on birth limitation...
Through night, another day, and far into the next night, the indomitable Father of Victory lived on. With groping motions he made clear, in his lucid moments, that he wished his hands???the famous Tiger claws, cased day and night in kitten-soft grey gloves?to be held by the two men who were perhaps his closest, dearest, most faithful friends, Albert, his valet, Francois, his chauffeur...
...play with matches, but they have no intention of committing arson. They capitalize politically the popular emotion which can be inflamed by an appeal for independence. They do not want an unsuccessful attempt at revolution. They want the Philippine Government placed in the hands of Filipinos?in their own hands???by the appointment of a Filipino Governor or by independence...
Until President Coolidge's course of action begins to develop all vaticination is guesswork. There is but one fact evident at this time: The reins of power are in new hands??? hands that were previously active, but have lately been idle. The personality of Calvin Coolidge has slept in the Chair of the Senate. Has it awakened...