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...Eisenhower-appointed Supreme Court Justices and the 131 judges named to lower federal courts. ¶Prodded and pushed federal courts toward clearing their swamped dockets, e.g., by recommending younger judges, by urging judges to halve their traditional summer-long vacations. ¶Won more criminal tax convictions than in the previous twelve years (2,272 against 2,260). ¶Built up an outstanding antitrust record, based not on penalizing growth but on protecting the right of all to grow. ¶ Attacked Communists with such legal skill that Communist Party Boss William Z. Foster was moved to say: "The attack...
This is the second consecutive year that Annex students have faced increases in dormitory rates. A year ago, the governing board augmented room rates by $25 to $30 over the previous year. At that time Steward Stearns, business manager of the college, explained that a rise in the cost of dormitory operations necessitated the added charge...
...Crimson sailing team will seek the New England Junior Sailing Championship at Providence tomorrow at 10 a.m. The varsity will face Brown, the defending champion, and eight other survivors of previous eliminations...
...ancestors, deeprooted, olden, venerable, traditions, Gaelic, timeworn, and immemmorial) to dodge the more awkward social, moral and political problems that any country might, with considerable courage, hope to solve in a century of ruthless political thinking. The ambivalence, once perceived, demanded a totally new approach (as opposed to the previous romanticism...
These are the disconcerting themes within the Snopeses, and the author makes constant references to figures of his previous novels. It would be a disappointment to expect Faulkner to ignore his past, but the search for a tragic truth has no place amongest the grotesque and humorous Snopeses...