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...army's disgust at political restrictions on all-out colonial defense, in a paratrooper mentality that blamed all military frustrations on the cynical surrenders of reprobate politicians in Paris. These watching men leaped in swiftly in Algiers to guide events their way, but if they could impel events they could not with certainty control them. France settled down to an uneasy testing time of men in action and in reaction. Men eager to exploit the situation were fearful that a misstep might bring to power those they opposed, or a continuing irresolution might bring on what no true Frenchman...
...Rightly so. He also firmly supported the view that homosexuality was immoral and ought to be eradicated. Considering the medical support for the Wolfenden recommendations, is it not possible that here, as in the case of nuclear warfare, scientists have opened doors with no regard for the reasons that impel caution...
With bright skies to encourage them and dark worry to impel them, Americans overwhelmed their polling places to settle in a matter of hours the suspense of weeks. Here, in Eastern Standard Time, is the hour-by-hour story the returns told...
Some library officials fear that longer hours would impel well-trained staff members to seek better working conditions elsewhere. But the University does not have to rely on its regular staff to maintain the library aften ten. Many trustworthy and capable students are available who would welcome an opportunity to work for two hours in the late evening. Since the circulation desk would be closed, such student librarians would require very little training. With co-operation from those using the late hours, Lamont should run as smoothly as at any other time...
...long run, the pull of personal ambition, the bent of Communist doctrine, and the lessons of Soviet experience (both Lenin and Stalin engraved personal dictatorship on the heart of the Communist state), are likely to impel one or another power-grabber to get too grabby. For the time being, however, Khrushchev, Bulganin & Co. seem to be resolved to make their committee work. Theirs is a community of interest in a good thing that they want to hang on to; a scuffle for power that jeopardized their police state might be the end of them all. One thing in their favor...