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...Dewey fought hard for his candidate, Senator Irving Ives, in the recent new York campaign. What began as a high-level, rather academic debate on the merits, or lack of them, of the Dewey administration turned into a free-for-all in the final weeks. Faced with a wholly unexpected defeat, Dewey dictated a complete turnabout in Republican campaign tactics, and Senator Ives obeyed, whatever his real feelings on the matter were. Nevertheless, the Republicans will be evacuating the State House in Albany in January...
...this month will be much like the earlier ones in January and June. Five different conferences attended by international scholars (as well as the Charter Day Dinner and final Convocation) will take place during the week leading up to October 31. Climaxing the series of high-level academic discussions held throughout 1954 on aspects of "The Unity of Knowledge" will be a gathering of 75 scholars at Arden House in Harriman, New York. After three days of closed discussions they will return to New York for one public meeting on the 30th to summarize their thoughts publicly. The following...
...improvements mean that no move is planned in the immediate future for the assignment of commuters to the Houses. It is the first high-level policy step that has been taken regarding Dudley...
...members of a high angelic order who function as messengers of the Kingdom of Heaven. In Isaiah's vision they had three sets of wings, the better to aid them in their flights through space and eternity. and they traveled with the speed of light. On earth last week, a sort of human seraph was buzzing around the planet at a fabulous rate for a messenger tied to mere aircraft. In less than a fortnight he had: munched mangoes in Manila with President Magsaysay; lunched in London with Winston Churchill: held high-level sessions with Chiang Kai-shek...
...branches of the social sciences; the "credit lines" in his books reflect the warmth of a man who is really grateful for information. He will send copies of his work to scores of people before publication, noting all reactions but not necessarily following suggestions. He refuses to join the high-level theorists in their contempt for interviewers and other spade-workers. Nor will he join in the contempt of the fact-workers for the lofty insights of the theorists. He believes in both, and works at a level between them, using both...