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Speaking to Toronto's Canadian Club, Canadian External Affairs Secretary Lester Pearson observed: "Twice in this century Canada has been involved in a major war for periods of two years or more before our American neighbors came in. Today, I think that the neutrality of either of us ... would be unthinkable. That is a tremendous change, and one which must affect all our relations with the U.S. . . . Certain U.S. commitments, those, for instance, covering help to Chiang Kai-shek in Formosa and certain coastal islands, have not been accepted by us. But that is not saying that they...
...Lester gazed at the big white moon with narrow red eyes. Red because Lester was being a diligent student the night before exams. His mind was crammed with declensions and conjugations and his box of No-Doz was filled with encouragement. The pill-and-pray technique worked well in days gone by, when Lester would study till breakfast, nap till test time, then rise to snear at the men who said, "Gentlemen, this examination will...
...those were the old days. This semester Lester still passed the night and wee hours grinding and took the usual nap before breakfast. But he slept right through an eight o'clock hour exam. For this is the day of the eight o'clock agony. Lester was not as fortunate as his instructor who remained blissfully in bed all morning, nor as fortunate as the boy next door who staggered into Memorial Hall ten minutes late with a pajama top on his back and hatred in his heart. He was certainly more rested, however, than the lad who arrived...
...Lester is bitter, not because he missed the exam nor because he lost his hard earned sleep the next night while thinking up excuses. It seems that his well rested section man announced, "Absence at the exam is understandable and will count neither for nor against your grade...
...event: the world premiere of a new SEAN O'CASEY play. Mindful of the past, the law was ready. The first-night crowd was peppered with uniformed police and plainclothesmen, alert for action should the Dubliners repeat their 1926 objections to an O'Casey tilt with convention. Lester Bernstein of TIME'S London bureau was on hand to report the opening night of The Bishop's Bonfire (see THEATER...