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Fearing that some irascible Protestant may send you an ill-favored letter of criticism of your feature article ... I hasten to write my thanks and appreciation...
They were willing to evacuate the Suez Canal Zone if Egypt would join a Middle East Command. But they refused to turn over to the Egyptians the Sudan, which Egypt now claims. Quite the opposite: fortnight ago Britain announced plans to hasten self-rule for the Sudanese. It was a blow to Hilaly Pasha: only the urging of King Farouk and U.S. Ambassador Jefferson Caffery kept Hilaly from breaking off the talks then & there...
...Excerpt: "We give Thee hearty thanks, for that it hath pleased Thee to deliver this, our sovereign king, George VI, out of the miseries of this sinful world, beseeching Thee that it may please Thee of Thy gracious goodness shortly to accomplish the number of Thine elect, and to hasten Thy kingdom...
...girls hasten to add that these results are not conclusive, as 225 more students must be contacted before any concrete conclusions can be drawn...
...this is so I am not quite sure, but I think the answer lies in the fact that the movie lacks the lyrical streak of the novel. As it stands it is simply a sordid and weighty story of the racial injustice of South Africa. An excellent story, I hasten to add, but one so poignant that it needs relief of some sort. From the very beginning when the old native pastor sets off to seek his lost sister and son in the hellhole of Johannesburg, and through the whole story of his agonies on learning that his sister...