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...Attributed to James I's Ambassador to Venice Author-Diplomat Sir Henry Wotton. *From Tokyo, MacArthur put a prompt stop to a hopeful suggestion by the committee that he return to testify on the bill. Said MacArthur: "The heavy pressure of my duties renders it impracticable for me to leave my post here at the present time...
...Treasure nearly a month before your praising review was published, and I . . . could see nothing in it that would prompt such a raving acclaim for Bogart, Huston and Huston, the director...
Secretary Marshall's answer was prompt. "O.K., Bill," he said to Pawley. "You're elected...
...does nothing else, disclosure that the Band has finally conquered its traditional fear of enslavement should prompt the University to meet it halfway. No student organization has received aid in the past, but music has charms that precedents do not. Furthermore, the Band is unique in that it promotes Harvard good will more effectively than any other student organization. If no aid is forthcoming, the Band will have a pretty heartless Valentine...
...Office frankly admits the injustice but does not propose to do anything about it. It is more concerned with getting a specified amount of money for college rooms than for seeing that the rents charged are just. Yet rents have been out of line for over two years, and prompt action by the Housing authorities can go a long way toward a fair readjustment...