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Only two of Ike's previous vetoes were of major bills. In 1953 he vetoed an attempt to end the 20% excise tax on movie admissions. Last year he vetoed a 5% postal and civil-service pay raise, partly because Congress had refused to finance it with higher postal...
¶ Testifying before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee, Emily Davie, editor of the star-spangled documentary history of the U.S., Profile of America, revealed the latest splurge of Washington nonsense. Though the U.S. Information Agency reported that the book has been the most popular U.S. history it has ever distributed abroad...
Second, the department would probably answer that, if class time were devoted to oral instruction, the student would be jeopardized in passing the language requirement examination which is geared to testing grammatical and reading ability. Once the importance of oral training is conceded, it would be begging the question to...
In addition, the report asked 3) that students entering the new infirmary be allowed their choice of single or multiple rooms; 4) that those able to work may receive Lamont reserve books; 5) that the Health Office give increased publicity to its dental and opthalmic services; 6) that although the...
Criticism of those proposals stressed the fact that most Yale freshman and sophomores were not equipped to handle such freedom and flexibility. Lack of funds was another frequently cited objection. The Yale News also felt that the Yale faculty, good as it was, could not supply enough top-fight lecturers...