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Four new General Education courses will join the steadily expanding G.E. roster. Two are for Freshmen and Sophomores only: Associate Professor Henry D. Aiken's Humanities 5, "ideas of Man and the World in Western Thought" whose Great Books lean more toward philosophy than those of the other Humanities courses; and a course in biology with no scientific prerequisities. Natural Science...
...right, friends," said T.U.C. Boss Arthur Deakin, bluff, levelheaded general secretary of Britain's biggest union (Transport and General Workers). "Now you're going to hear from the other side." A lean Liverpudlian, Tom Williamson, boss of the 800,000 General and Municipal Workers, pitched in with the counterattack: "All over Europe, people are scared-who by? Not by Britain or her Allies, but by the Soviet Union." Mineworkers' Leader Ernest Jones chipped in with rough-hewn Socialist logic: "If British miners were called upon to rearm in the interest of American capitalism and the Tory party...
...tennis championship was no hope at all: at 38, Gardnar Mulloy was drained by the years, and he was to face one of the finest players ever to hop a net. Yet the crowd cheered as Mulloy walked out to the famed center court at Forest Hills, lean, fit-looking and brisk, but stiff in his stride, and greying at the temples. It was his 18th year in the singles matches, and Mulloy, decorated veteran of World War 11 (lieutenant commander skipper of an LST) and four-time U.S. doubles champion (with Bill Talbert), was making his first appearance...
Four new General Education courses will join the steadily expanding G.E. roster. Two are for Freshmen and Sophomores only: Associate Professor Henry D. Aiken's Humanities 5, "ideas of Man and the World in Western Thought" whose Great Books lean more toward philosophy than those of the other Humanities courses; and a course in biology with no scientific prerequisities. Natural Science...
...Senate committees (Foreign Relations, Banking & Currency and Small Business). His conduct at meetings has rarely varied. He begins by reading a newspaper, then falls into what seems to be a peaceful snooze. When the contending factions have shouted themselves into a near temper, John Sparkman will open his eyes, lean forward and quietly tell the most belligerent group: "We've got to give consideration to that ..." Then, displaying knowledge of the facts which had apparently put him to sleep, Sparkman will work toward a practical, mutually acceptable solution...