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...same Harold E. ("Whitey") Dahl, 44, American, sometime soldier of fortune who was shot down while piloting a fighter plane for the Spanish Republicans in 1937 during Spain's civil war. Dahl had been sentenced to death, but his wife sent her photograph and a plea for mercy to Generalissimo Francisco Franco, who pardoned...
...operation. Tutorial work, they claimed, too often lacks direction. Also, there has been little incentive for spending study time on tutorial work when the hours might mean a better grade in a credit course. Since thoughts for improving this situation have ranged from a distasteful compulsory tutorial to a plea for better tutors, no action had been taken. With this background, the decision of the Economics Department to institute oral examinations for all juniors is especially worthy of consideration by the five other major departments. With the exception of History and History and Literature, which already have junior general examinations...
...Agassiz, which was almost totally inadequate for its work. As early as 1914 Baker presented a complete plan for a new theater, urging that the "baffling conditions" under which the Workshop was forced to work be alleviated as quickly as possible. They were not. The University ignored Baker's plea completely. He offered to raise sufficient funds himself, but even this permission was refused. The Corporation was worried that he might approach potential donors it had in mind for other projects...
Directing his plea to the College. Hastle pictured the plight of foreign students with few American friends the student dying to spend the Christmas holiday in an American home...
...Yugoslav seaman, had jumped ship in Portland, Ore. in 1951 in a desperate effort to remain in the U.S. Picked up for deportation by immigration authorities, he had unsuccessfully pleaded that sure death faced him in Yugoslavia as an opponent of Marshal Tito's Communist regime. His plea for sanctuary was refused for lack of supporting evidence. In custody, he had tried drastic measures, including slashing his wrists with a razor, to prolong his stay. As prison officials figured it, Pavlovich had attacked Thompson in an attempt to get at least a long U.S. jail sentence before a waiting...