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...closed-door policy was especially galling to U.S. manufacturers, who were asked recently by the Administration to support a program of stepped-up imports from Japan, lest the island be forced to trade with Red China (TIME, Nov. 29). Many a U.S. merchant in Tokyo thought that Japan wanted to discourage private U.S. capital to get more U.S. Government handouts. Said a U.S. official in Japan last week: "Give and take has come to mean something much different to the Japanese. To them it means 'you give and we will take...
...biggest limitation was the unwillingness of most students to add the time burden of playing and practicing for a team to the hours spent commuting. As a result, Dudley finished in the cellar of the House league, although nearly 150 men took some part during the year. Lest the figure be deceiving, only a small core of about 20 men were able to spend time consistently with the squads...
...Senate, McCarthy said that he had never meant to offend anyone. "I admit," said he, "that at times I have been extremely blunt in expressing my opinions. I do not claim to be a master of words." But, lest anyone think he was really apologizing, he added: "In the facts and opinions that I held, I am unchanged." Then he made his motion to cut off debate after two more days. After hours of wrangling, the Senate agreed...
Through the years, the University has been "improving" its bell system little by little. In the early 1800's student pranks forced the Corporation to remove from public access the chain which rang the bell. Even then, authorities were careful lest more diligent pranksters find a way to disrupt nocturnal slumbers and daily routine...
...Aida, the eyes have it. Lest any of the plot be lost between the music and the Italian language, a discreet narrator explains each scene before it starts. Aida (Sophia Loren) is a slant-eyed, dusky-skinned, full-lipped Ethiopian slave girl in the Egyptian court. She and the stone-faced princess (Lois Maxwell) are in love with a weak-mouthed warrior named Radames (Luciano della Marra). Radames is sent off to trounce the Ethiopians and is rewarded, all against his will, with the hand of the princess. Torn between love and guilt, he slips Aida a top-secret battle...