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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...welcome air of moderation, even in the face of extreme Communist provocation, has replaced the Administration's talk of "Unleashing Chiang" and "massive retaliation" against the Chinese mainland. Like Prime Minister Churchill, President Eisenhower has been pre-occupied recently with a serious consideration of the consequences of atomic war. And like Churchill, he has evidently concluded that all-out was must be avoided at almost any cost short of sacrificing national honor. Eisenhower has made it especially clear that the United states will not be led into precipitate action in the Far east, where the danger of war is most...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Look in Asia | 12/13/1954 | See Source »

...teams were picked as New England leaders in a pre-season poll of Eastern sports writers, although many placed B.C. ahead of the fifth-place Crimson in the overall Eastern selections. St. Lawrence of New York was picked first...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Six Meets Boston College Tonight for N.E. Hockey Supremacy | 12/10/1954 | See Source »

Yale hopes the changes will boost morale during the usual mid-winter doldrums and cut down on the number of infirmary cases, besides eliminating from the schedule an unproductive post-Christmas, pre-examination period...

Author: By Steven C. Swett, | Title: Yale's Calendar Confuses Schedules | 12/10/1954 | See Source »

...situation now stands, only 85,000 instead of the needed 150,000 instructors will enter teaching on the school level next year, Keppel stated. He explained that despite efforts by the School of Education and other institutions to send more men into pre-college teaching, the number of prospective secondary school teachers has clearly declined...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dean Keppel Warns of Lack of Able Teachers | 12/8/1954 | See Source »

...varsity hockey team will undergo its first test tonight when it meets Northeastern University, which is rated an underdog by pre-season speculation, at 9 p.m. in the Boston Garden...

Author: By Bruce M. Reeves, | Title: Varsity Hockey Team Faces Opening Test Against Northeastern in Garden Tonight | 12/7/1954 | See Source »

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