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...each). But only in Singapore, which is a British Crown Colony, do native-born Chinese have full British citizenship. In the peninsula's eleven other political units (nine of them still ruled by local nabobs under British "protection"), Chinese citizenship is strictly limited. Hoping to lessen this discrimination, the British in 1946 set out to organize the country into a Malayan Union. But the old Malay hierarchies, fearing that the Chinese might outvote them, threatened to revolt. The British compromised on a Federation of Autonomous States in which the Chinese still did not have a franchise...
...managed to keep in check -- and thereby lessen the danger of -- Communist expansion. He has done this primarily through the United Nations. But he has also strenghtened the free world by acts of his own. For example there is the Truman Doctrine, the Mutual Defense Assistance Program, Economic Cooperation Administration, and the North Atlantic Treaty. His direct intervention in Korea, although badly timed, was his most potent warning to Russia. And when he dismissed General MacArthur, he reaffirmed civilian control of the military and at the same time reestablished the prestige of the United Nations...
...protect men who need cheap rooms and lessen the gaps between room prices." Associate Dean Watson, supervisor of the Housing Office, decided to enlarge the room pricing scale. He also lowered the minimum at which men must file financial statements from...
Although the success of this program still depends to a large degree on skillful administration, the Faculty's decision is a great boost to Harvard education. Furthermore, it is proof that the Faculty has recognized that tutorial's post-war decline and the ineffectiveness of the House system did lessen the quality of that education. The Bender Report, if successful, will bring it back up to the position it once held...
Floundering Truce. Vishinsky's outburst came in the midst of his latest bellicose attempt to show himself a man of peace. He proposed a full-dress meeting of the U.N. Security Council, with Foreign Ministers sitting as delegates, to lessen world tension. First item: the Korean truce, which, he said, is now deadlocked and "floundering" at Panmunjom...