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...miracle" has been somewhat over-emphasized, but as one walks down Dusseldorf's Konigstrasse or Munich's Kaufingerstrasse it is obvious that the German is again living very well. And it is not difficult to understand that after five years of war and ten of rebuilding, he is very loath to give up his present prosperity...
Last week, Yu got a third visitation: three unidentified ruffians waited in the shadows of his doorway as he drove up to his house, ordered him inside and shot him dead. Called by a fleeing servant, the police arrived in time to kill one assailant while the others fled. Loath to borrow trouble in matters involving Formosa and Peking, the Hong Kong police at first attempted to dismiss the whole incident as "a simple robbery," but later, thinking better of it, posted a whopping reward of $3,500 for the missing murderers...
Over the breakfast Ike asked Art Langlie to run for the Senate next year against Democratic incumbent Warren Magnuson. "Maggy," who has been busy churning out favors for constituents, will be no pushover, especially for a Republican with little advance buildup. Ike, loath to lose able Ikeman Langlie from the political scene, promised that if Langlie takes on Magnuson: i) the White House will chan nel federal patronage and aid programs through the governor, and 2) Dwight Eisenhower will campaign...
...thought the perhaps you would like to know that some are in complete agreement with that position. You will probably receive fewer letters of commendation than there are students who agree with you, because the other group has always been noted for its strident howls and is anything but loath to express itself whenever an opportunity appears...
...Controversial." The Minute Women's protests were remarkably effective. "Many public officials," reported O'Leary, "who might . . . defy a lone organization . . . would be loath to go against the wishes of 500 individuals." The Quakers' American Friends Service Committee was refused one meeting hall after a protest that "Alger Hiss attended a . . . Quaker meeting." Dr. Rufus E. Clement, president of Atlanta University and the first Negro ever to become a member of the present Atlanta Board of Education, was invited to lecture at a Houston Methodist church. Minute Women joined in a loud protest that...