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...Jobs for One. The one big plus on the U.S. side of this gloomy ledger is the long-range atomic striking power of the U.S. Strategic Air Command. Because of the early U.S. lead in producing atomic bombs and atomic carriers, Hoyt Vandenberg could say, as recently as May 1951: "Today the United States is relatively safe from air attack." But it is a plus that is being rapidly dissipated...
Playing their second match of the season at New Haven last Saturday, the Crimson cricket team beat Yale, 92 runs to 32. Highest Crimson scorers were Paul Ledger with 25 runs, and Ronald Maudsley with...
Although having no previous legal experience, he had no choice but to handle the case himself; he began immediately to prepare his brief in an old Leaven-worth ledger book that he had found in a trash can. While still in the guard-house. Billings corresponded with his old chief, William C. Bullitt, then Assistant Secretary of the Navy...
...ledger is not all in red ink. Britain still controls some 50 strategic colonies, territories and protectorates, totaling 7,068,170 square miles and 83,000,000 people, from Hong Kong to Basutoland to Trinidad. Also on the ledger, though written in invisible ink, is the abiding loyalty of its Dominions: Britain can count on them to help fight its battles and ward off its bankruptcy. An empire which, having lost so much, is still able to hold so much, still has some kind of toughness and durability in its diplomacy...
...Syracuse Herald-Journal, Post-Standard, Long Island Press, Star-Journal, Newark Star-Ledger, Staten Island Advance, Harrisburg News, Patriot, Portland Oregonian, Jersey Journal...