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...March graduates include: George C. Adams '44, of Charlotte, North Carolina and Lowell House; James E. Connor, Jr. '44, of New Haven, Connecticut and Lowell House; Peter Frank '44, of Cambridge; Henry R. Krakauer '44, of Paterson, New Jersey and Adams House; Kurt Lessen, of Cawnpore, India and Lowell House; Cornelius J. Peck '44, V-12, of Iron Mountain, Michigan; and Alan T. Wenzell '44, NROTC, of New York City...
...Hull announced coldly that the U.S. would not follow its ally's lead and "recognize" the Badoglio Government. Communists throughout the world bowed their Red heads and took it like party members. Naples' Communist Paolo Tedeschi declared: "Perhaps the recognition embarrassed us somewhat. . . but it will neither lessen our sympathy . . . for Russian Communism nor . . . our determination to work ceaselessly for the King's removal." Count Carlo Sforza added: more appearance than reality...
...open TIME'S Stockholm office, Scott crossed the Atlantic on a little unescorted merchant ship and flew to Sweden in the bombbay of a disarmed British Mosquito bomber that can carry only one passenger and flies only on moonless nights to lessen the chances of being shot down. His listening post is one of two we have set up in neutral European countries to get the truth out of Festung Euro pa and into the pages of TIME. The other is in Switzerland − and very soon I hope to be able to bring you word of still...
...Britain is worried. The British people have a bond of liking and sympathy for the Russian people which the ascendancy of the Soviet Union can hardly lessen. But they and their Government are increasingly concerned about the tremendous effect which a "Russian Europe" must have on Britain's world position. They cannot ignore the historical fact that pre-eminence or at least equality of power on the Continent has long been accounted essential to Britain's safety. Even in western Europe, they know that they must now fight politically to regain, and then to retain, a very minimum...
...recognition of tutoring would help this problem as well as that of manpower; faculty-men would be more willing to tutor if they felt it was an important part of the curriculum, and if their other academic loads were lightened proportionately. Conference groups are an obvious way to lessen the drain on staff members, and, in Sophomore tutorial especially, have proven an excellent introduction to new and broad fields. The question of sanctions is more difficult; but the tutor's authority to exclude a man from tutorial, thus shoving his course requirement to 16 and forcing him to prepare alone...