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Nuclear fission used to be a subject upon which a writer could simply crank up and let loose, but no longer . . . Space flight is still good for a yarn, but already one university offers a course in theoretical astrogation...
...Hitler was a baby compared with this gang," said ECAdministrator Paul Hoffman last week, in language that was tough even in an era of tough talk. "I don't think the American people have this world conflict in focus . . . Let's talk about it for what it is-an attempt by the gang in the Politburo to take over the world . . . If you have been out in Asia ... it gives you the heebie-jeebies...
...Dike Falls. Concluded Bullitt: "The dike which today prevents the Communist flood from sweeping southward to the Indian Ocean is the line of the Yangtze River in China. It is a formidable obstacle ... If the dike of the Yangtze falls, we shall let in upon ourselves a sea of troubles in comparison with which our present problems in the Far East will seem a mere unpleasant puddle . . . We do have to recognize that we are at one of the turning points of human history, and that we cannot afford to be wrong in our decisions, since the stake...
Griffin stated last night that Professors Shapley and Mather "let themselves be used by Leftist organizations...
...CRIMSON editorial "State of the Union" was biased, to put it mildly. This is not to disparage Mr. Truman's achievement; but let's represent his victory as what it is--a triumph of his personality and energy over the poor opinion most of the nation had of his party during the years just past. Remember that the 80th Congress passed a number of measures over the President's veto by virtue of alliance between all groups in Congress--there were a lot of Democrats in those two-thirds majorities. Mr. Truman's record up to last summer...