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Another prominent Frenchman who feels the same way is Edouard Daladier, the old appeaser of Munich, who belongs to the moderately right-wing Radical Socialists. The French Communists used to have no epithets harsh enough for Daladier ("gravedigger" and "traitor" were among the mildest), but L'Humanité, the Communist daily, is now respectfully calling him "Monsieur Daladier." Neither Daladier nor De Gaulle has any Communist leanings; for the purposes of the Communists, it is better that they...
...much of the U.S. last week hung a mass of unseasonably warm air that was making people forget that winter-and Christmas-are almost at hand. The latest warm spell was just a part of what has proved in many sections of the country to be one of the mildest falls on record...
...Sutton and Ayres offer no cure-all for dishpan hands, but advise their fellow dermatologists: 1) eliminate physical irritants, along with nervousness ("practice amateur psychiatry"), and cut down coffee, tea and cola drinks; 2) eliminate chemical irritants and use only the mildest ointments or dressings. Many a case of dishpan hands, the doctors warn, is made worse by overzealous treatment...
Temporary separation is the mildest of the three methods by which the Catholic Church may part a Catholic couple. It may be granted by a bishop on any grounds considered injurious to the bodily, mental or spiritual health of one of the partners, and merely frees the injured partner of the obligation of cohabitation...
...Tory crusade never got rolling, and the campaign itself turned out to be the mildest in recent Canadian history. Thin crowds attended political meetings. Even the Canadian newspapers, usually violently partisan, stayed stiffly objective in news coverage. The impression grew steadily-and the voters confirmed it resoundingly at the polls-that in Canada, the time for a change had not yet come...