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...Union is open to all students who pay its nominal membership fee. A new member must remain a political independent for his first term in the organization, but after that he joins one of the PU's political parties--at present the Conservative, the Labour, and the Third Force. The first two parties have been mainstays of the PU since its inception in 1936, but the Third Force is a recent addition to the lineup, having been formed by a coalition of the disbanned Liberal party and right-wing Taft Conservatives. Any group which can muster 15 percent or more...
...recalled a fragment of knowledge picked up from his studies. There was a famous man in 1391 who wrote about astronomy. The same man had a friend at Merton whom he called "The Philosophical Strode." Could it be that the author of MS. 75-a "lewde compilator of the labour of old astrologiens"-was Geoffrey Chaucer himself...
...swing of Liberal Party strength to the Tory side was a decisive factor, and the "Orphan" vote went Conservative in districts where it hurt Labour most. Tabulations resumed at 6 a.m. (FST) this morning...
...midnight last night, the British Conservatives were within reach of election victory, after having captured 11 Labour districts, with a loss of only one. With 323 seats tabulated. Attlee's Socialists still led by 175 to the Tories' 145. But full Conservative strength was yet to appear, for results were still to come in from the rural districts, most of which are Tory strongholds...
Senator Charles J. Innes, Republican floor leader, said that Del Monte and members of his commission were "clearly in contempt." Del Monte replied that his commission was set up under a provision that prohibits the legislative branch from interfering with the Department of Labour and Industry--under which his commission comes...