Word: insists
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Oscar Collazo, the sad-eyed little Puerto Rican nationalist, had virtually no defense to offer for his part in last November's wild-eyed plot to assassinate President Truman. He could only insist that he and his fellow conspirator, Griselio Torresola (who died during the furious gun battle on the Blair House sidewalk), had no intention of shooting the President; they were simply staging a demonstration in behalf of Puerto Rican independence. In Washington federal court last week, the jury took only one ballot to decide on its verdict: guilty of the premeditated murder of White House Guard Leslie...
When you weigh these considerations against the desire of the Dean's Office to have membership lists nice and handy, you cannot but feel that the rules are excessively strict when they insist that lists must be left in the Dean's Office safe. The proper solution, as recommended by the Council, is to let the Deans consult membership lists whenever they wish, for disciplinary purposes, but not to force the groups to leave their lists in the Deans' hands...
...Rules for Undergraduate Organizations require every recognized group to have at least two faculty or alumni advisers! The theory behind this requirement is much the same as the theory behind inoculation. Advice, like inoculation, can be very helpful and it cannot do any harm. There are those who insist that groups should be on their own and that advisers corrupt students' independence; but there is nothing under the present setup to prevent a group from ignoring the advice tendered it, and even neglecting to ask advice. All this is left up to the groups themselves...
Said Attlee: "In an organization of a number of countries, it is not possible for one country to insist on its right to some particular office...
Muddle in Defense. On the face of the record, Prime Minister Attlee's government is moving vigorously on the rearmament front. Tory critics, however, insist that the defense reality is not as good as the appearance. Last week they criticized as inadequate a government plan to call up reservists for 15-day refresher courses...