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...glory that was Mem Hall all but disappeared in 1945 when little men with ropes and blow torches removed its rapidly decaying spires and pinnacles...
...teeming Karachi, swollen with a million refugees, energetic Pakistanis went about business as usual. Whatever legal confusion there might be to litigants, drovers with their camel carts and cabbies in their ancient Kaiser sedans still obeyed Karachi's traffic cops. Ghulam called a new "constituent convention" of 60 mem bers-seven members appointed by himself and 53 to be elected by provincial assemblies-to cooperate with him in rule by law. Until the convention assembles in May, Ghulam will do his best to contain legal chaos by seeking "the Federal Court's advice...
Goody Knight had plans for every thing. He pushed the $1.2 billion state Feather River reclamation project, and he put out $150,000 for a study of smog. He was happy, and so were his staff mem bers: Goody, who used to keep them working far into the night, has been quitting at dinnertime since his recent marriage. His domestic bliss and political success are evident. He is on the friendliest terms with the state legislature, which is Republican-controlled. Goody Knight, rather than his fellow Californian, Vice President Dick Nixon, is likely to go to the 1956 G.O.P. Convention...
...feel that the extra effort that could have been exerted to convert Mem Hall into a potential auditorium via a P.A. system is small in comparison to the harsh feelings generated by this over-sight...
...narrow escape forced the Corporation to take stops to prevent future fires in Harvard's wooden buildings. A fire-proof floor was installed in Mem Hall and Boylston Hall got new brick walls. Fire escapes went in, ropes were provided for dormitory rooms, and ladders and waterproof covers for furniture were placed in the Yard...