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...does not bear on the admirable Catholic scholarship of Europe. Now that Catholic intellectualism in the U.S. is on the point of coming to maturity (and criticisms like that of Father Weigel are signs of this maturation), our remaining problems are largely financial. If someone were to give me one-fourth of the funds of Harvard, we would, in this graduate school, make fairly short work of the deficiencies of American Catholic scholarship...
...Scotsman's streamlining is only the first step in an ambitious plan to make it an "important and influential paper around the world," said Publisher Thomson, 63, a plump, pink-cheeked, bustling Scottish-descended Toronto native who owns 20 dailies in Canada (almost one-fourth of Canada's English-language dailies) as well as Florida's St. Petersburg Independent (circ. 25,820). This summer he plans to assign staff correspondents to major international news centers, and will start publishing a special airmail edition that will be flown to world capitals and reach European newsstands only...
...eight long years, Illinois' Paul Douglas rose to take a cut at the bill. He proposed an amendment authorizing the President to postpone the "least essential" one-fourth of the pork-barrel projects. But Douglas knew what would happen. "History is repeating itself," he said in wry tones. "Every time I rise to criticize the rivers and harbors bill, a perfect swarm of hornets descends upon me, and the questions buzz...
Last month, with all competent advisers (including U.S.) telling him he was "going too fast with too little," Menderes introduced a budget one-fourth larger than last year's inflationary extravaganza. Items: a new 40% levy on all imports, a 70% sales tax on some 260 kinds of so-called luxury products. Overnight, prices shot up a further 30% to 40%, and even the hardiest Democrats began muttering in the bazaars...
...Asian area from Afghanistan to Burma, a territory that includes more than one-fourth of all the free world's population, SEATO partner Pakistan got almost 60% ($108 million) of U.S. funds. India, whose population is almost five times as large as Pakistan's, got a U.S. allocation of $60 million in 1956. One reason for the disparity: neutralist India chooses not to qualify for U.S. military and defense support programs...