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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Opposition Leader K. A. Busia objected that without the two-thirds safeguard "the constitution will become a fragile document on which no one can rely, since it can be changed any day or any moment." The opposition saw Nkrumah's proposal as just one more step toward the complete abolition of the regional assemblies in favor of an all-powerful central government. Nkrumah frankly agreed; the regional assemblies, he said, were "a rape on Mother Ghana," and had produced a "leprous baby." Opposition M.P.s cried, "What's the hurry? What's the hurry?" as Nkrumah rammed through...
...former public school teacher and mother of five children, Mrs. White startled Houston citizens when she announced her candidacy ten weeks ago. She was written off as a crusading eccentric when she ignored a vacant seat on the school board, decided instead to run against Board Member Dr. John K. Glen, a staunch segregationist...
...mental illness seems pervasive, and at least three publications developed schizoid tendencies from reading the book. The New York Herald Tribune sprouted two critical heads with contradictory views: in the Sunday book magazine, Gene Baro praised "a notable consistency and artistic force," but in a daily review John K. Hutchens decided that Lolita "is not, I think, a distinguished work." In the New York Times Sunday book section Novelist Elizabeth Janeway praised Lolita at length ("One of the funniest and one of the saddest books that will be published this year"), but in a daily Times review, Orville Prescott contradicted...
Following Lattimore's speech before the U.N. Council, there will be a panel of three professors to pose questions and present their own views on China. One of the panel members, John K. Fairbank '29, professor of History and Associate Director of the Center for East Asian Studies, called Lattimore "one of the few specialists on Mongolia." In fact, he said, "he is probably the only American specialist of his generation...
...Papalia, Charles A. '57 G 22 5.10 200 Watertown, Mass. 62 Hurley, William T., III '61 G 19 6.0 200 Taunton, Mass. 64 Keating, James P. '59 G 20 5.9 198 Pittsburgh, Pa. 65 Barthelmes, Richard B. '61 G 19 5.11 185 Hamden, Conn. 66 Wilson, Roger K. '61 G 19 6.1 190 Sioux Falls, S.D. 67 Finley, Alexander '61 G 19 6.0 190 Washington, D.C. 68 Weidler, Jerry L. '60 G 20 6.3 220 Sumner, Iowa 70 Pillsbury, Robert L. '61 T 18 6.0 200 Norwood, Mass. 71 Nelson, K. Eric '61 T 19 6.2 210 Washington...