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...with various sections of the people . . . and too little skill has been displayed in finding the approach to points of agreement around which joint action, however limited, can be organized." In plainer English (but still based on the translation from the Russian), Dennis was telling the boys to soft-pedal all other party activities and get behind the phony peace campaign, to step up their infiltration of factories, labor unions, church, civic and neighborhood groups...
Vehicle inspection in this state is left up to approved gas stations; station attendants drive the cars around a bit, fiddle with the lights, pump the brake pedal a few times, and pass or fail the car as they will. There are no set stations will sell a sticker to any regular customer who has the fifty cents. Some garages really check over cars. Many don't bother...
About 50 Harvard men will pedal 15.7 miles to win a bike and a kiss from a Wellesley girl after the annual event. The kiss has been frowned upon by the Wellesley administration in the past few years, but the Crimson is making every effort to keep the old tradition alive...
...were fortunate enough to hear Charles Munch conduct the Requiem this week know that it is a remarkable piece, one that easily rises above the carpings. The orchestration is a revolutionary feature but there is more to it than unique sounds such as flutes combined with trombones playing pedal tones. The Requiem is great dramatic religious music...
Probably the most consistent thing about Smith is the way the girls dress. From Sunday night through Friday afternoon, the Smith student dresses with abandon that seems almost frantic. Skirts, except for a brief period around dinner time, are as rare as television in Tibet. Instead, she wears pedal pushers, or, if still in touch with an older tradition, dungarees. Above the waist, she will wear sweater, blouse, or shirt--anything, so long as it is sufficiently aged. If she's a senior, she can throw an academic gown over the whole costume when it normally would need washing...