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...them deserted the Communist cause and switched their votes to give the anti-Communist C.I.S.L. a majority. After the Fiat defeat, the Communists blamed their troubles on U.S. withholding of offshore procurement orders. Last week, defeated again, they were silent. "I wonder what the propaganda boys will now invent to explain away and justify this new clamorous defeat." crowed C.I.S.L. General Secretary Giulio Pastore...
...theatrical sense, following history has its clear rewards even if it proves, in the final sense, a mixed blessing. In the fierce clash between Bryan and Darrow history supplies a more rousing scene than most dramatists could invent, and in Bryan's subsequent collapse a twist that few dramatists would dare to. And with the help of Peter Larkin's highly ingenious set, the play creates a graphic town picture of where once the embattled fundamentalist stood and started a ruckus heard 'round the world...
...District Courts. The lower courts should be told not to allow time "for the purpose of paralyzing action or of emasculating the court's decision." said Sobeloff, adding that the "prestige of this court is such that people will be disposed to abide by the law and not invent spurious reasons for delay...
...accordingly. The tutorial program, adapted from British universities, purports to bridge the gap between the pupil and pedagogue; however, when a tutor must evaluate this in terms of a grade, it limits a free exchange of ideas and creates a false atmosphere. As a history tutor explained, "Some students invent problems just so they can come to my office...
...construction of the thermonuclear weapon was a great challenge to the technical people of this country. To be in possession of this instrument is an even greater challenge to the free community in which we live. I am confident that, whatever the scientists are able to discover or invent, the people will be good enough and wise enough to control it for the ultimate benefit of everyone...