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...practical work of spreading ideas of peace and cooperation, it would certainly come up repeatedly against this ideological analogy to the Security Council veto. That prospect did not necessarily make UNESCO's task impossible; conflicting ideologies had been put together before. But it was worth noting (lest the world delude itself as to the difficulties facing UNESCO) that such sentiments as Ribnikar's were not those with which Alexander and Porus met in friendship on the fertile Punjab plain...
...moments." Through a rift they spotted the stricken Dakota, cushioned in the snow. Medical supplies, brandy and food were dropped near a red flag laid out on the glacier. In the next 24 hours, so many packages were dropped that a Swiss plane asked Americans to stop, lest they hit survivors or another plane. Those on the glacier had an even greater worry. As planes swooped low to buzz the Dakota, they heard ominous rumbles in the glacier; they feared that engine vibrations were widening the fissures. To warn planes away, the word "FINI" was trudged out in the snow...
...term plan for Indian independence. When Viceroy Lord Wavell refused to postpone convocation of the Constituent Assembly scheduled for Dec. 9, Jinnah announced that Moslem League delegates would not attend. The Moslem League newspaper Dawn quickly ran an obituary of the British plan: "Let what is dead be buried lest it spread pestilence." Lord Wavell and interim Premier Nehru's Congress Party were ready to try to write a constitution without Jinnah...
...with a slogan: "Federalists of the world, unite!" And he waves a flag, "a wild flag, [the flower] Iris tectorum." In a Whitean dream a Chinese delegate says: "I propose all countries adopt it, so that it will be impossible for us to insult each other's flag." Lest all this seem too whimsical (Author White made his reputation as a humorist) the tough-minded reader is offered a working policy: "We propose that it shall be the policy of the United States to bring to an end the use of policy...
...difficult labor that characterize dining room jobs. Those in the Houses, for instance, may spend at least a portion of their time at the library desk in study. But the attendants at the University libraries serve an essential function and offer a service that must be adequately rewarded lest the jobs go begging. The Houses are having increasing difficulty filling the maintenance posts at the ungratifying pay of $.55 per hour. Both here and at Widener, this work requires full attention of the attendant. Both in the Houses and at Widener the authorities, as well as the House Masters, agree...