Word: obtainable
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Publisher Hugh Wagnon of Pocatello's Idaho State Journal retorts: "Ivory Tower." Although he draws the line at serving as publicity chairman, Wagnon is glad to work in other posts for service and civic groups. "I believe," he argues, "that only by working with people, can [an editor] obtain that intimate, firsthand knowledge that makes for accurate reporting, and editorial comment and criticism that is easy, natural and fair." Wagnon admits that the community-conscious reporter gets his sympathies involved with his projects, but concludes: "But you become a first-class citizen instead of a second-class citizen...
Hammarskjold will have to obtain a meaningful agreement without arousing Nasser's pique, so that a satisfactory settlement will be established. What is needed to balm the egos on both sides as well as providing efficient administration is an international control board that will leave legal sovereignty with Nasser, but will prevent him from backing out on his financial obligations or restricting canal use. Because of his eagerness to get the money, the Egyptian dictator would probably allow a genuinely neutral control board so long as he gets revenues and can point to Suez as Egypt's property...
...Council will try to obtain the support of the Union Committee in this project, which Council President John F. Maher '60 calls a gift from this year's freshmen class to next year...
...Student Council deserves a vote of praise from its constituents for its decision to investigate the current electoral practices of the Harvard Young Republican Club. Whatever the Council decides, it remains true that the practice of packing the Club so that this or that faction may obtain the power and prestige which it so desperately wants is unworthy both of honest young Republicans and, more important, of Harvard men. At least, F.D.R., in his famed Court-packing scheme, could justify his plan on the grounds that he was attempting to preserve his economic program designed to benefit all Americans...
...Sevareid was edited off the air, a different CBS deskman in Manhattan passed Ed Murrow's blunter criticism of the State Department's policy: "What it comes down to is that we must refuse to allow ourselves to know about China, because if we did, we would obtain the release of ten American prisoners...