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Faculty opinion was mixed on the wisdom of yesterday's severance of diplomatic relations with Cuba. John N. Plank '45, instructor in Government, termed President Eisenhower's move "a pretty legitimate thing to do," while Luigi R. Einaudi and Nadav Safran, instructors in Government, criticized the Administration's decision...
There could be found no poignant example of contemporary youth's prematurely cynical attitude toward the fallings of its elders than the organization recently founded at Princeton. Calling itself the Veterans of Future Wars, the group advances as the chief plank of its platform the immediate payment of a bonus to all males who will be killed in the next war. A similar movement at Vassar, The Gold Star Mothers of the Veterans of Future Wars, declares that it intends to send delegates to view the future burying ground of the future dead...
...Trusteeship Council. Formerly, he was the British Governor of Uganda, and was once described in London as "the brainiest of the Governors." Other speakers will be Raymond Aron, Professor of Sociology at the Sorbonne, Hans J. Morgenthau, Professor of Government at the University of Chicago, and John N. Plank, Instructor in Government at Harvard...
...known in political chatter to differentiate him from "Big Harold" Macmillan) is rated the brightest but most nakedly ambitious of Labor's younger generation. Though he opposes unilateral disarmament as vigorously as Gaitskell himself does (in fact, he helped write Gaitskell's pro-NATO defense plank). Little Harold saw a chance for political advancement in the unilateralist rebellion, offered himself as leader on a vague program of compromise. But when the moment came, the usually glib Wilson stumbled. "A bad case badly put," sighed one disapproving Laborite. When the votes were counted last week, Gaitskell had defeated Wilson...
...included in the FCC testimony was this directive issued by the Prate, Preen and Blough Agency for Blastwell, Inc., small-arms manufacturer: "Competitive methods of 'death' dealing, such as head-bashing, ax-hacking, plank-walking or feeding to soldier ants are prohibited on our private-eye show, Johnny Contusion. Not all actors need be armed, but where it seems 'natural,' Blastwell pistols should be worn. It is absolutely essential that all pistol shots hit their targets. 'Death' should be swift and sure, but on the other hand there should be no shots of messy...