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...President Conant wanted to impress upon the Harvard community the urgency of the international situation; he invited then Secretary of State Cordell Hull to deliver the main address. Hull obliged, noting in his speech the rise of fascism in Europe and the highly unstable status quo in East Asia. He also warned the graduating seniors that they should be prepared to fight for American ideals in the near future. Hull's remarks were greeted with catcalls, David A. Aloian '49 executive director of the AHA, says. Apparently, the seniors had hoped for a happy Commencement...
Ploss said ten residents picketed outside Putnam's office yesterday, not to harass him, but to impress upon him the seriousness of their cause...
...cuts leave Britons with precious little extra change in their pockets. Tinkering with income taxes-raising certain thresholds and allowances-will save some administrative costs and put only one or two additional pounds into the hands of the average family of four. That is not likely to impress most people, who flocked to pubs last week to drink up before the new taxes went into effect, and laid in cases of Scotch and gin to beat the $1.10 increase on each bottle...
...does not wring confessions out of witnesses or win acquittals for innocent clients. He never affects tailored suits or dour expressions. There is no need for him to impress his clients. The people who come for help are usually guilty as charged. What they need is not style, but help. And that is exactly what they get from Jeremiah Francis Kennedy, whose wife refers to him as "the classiest sleazy criminal lawyer in Boston...
...same time, this display of fiscal firmness is failing to impress its intended audience. The program's goal is to prove to the business world that Carter is man enough to grit his teeth and make the helpless bite the bullet--thereby reversing self-fulfilling inflationary expectations. But the consensus on Wall Street is that not enough old people will freeze, too few children will go hungry and, in short, stricter discipline is necessary...