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...juniors went further than this. They issued a statement to the public: "... Yielding to the suggestion of momentary passion, Mr. Quincy has formed a determination which no prudent man can approve, and which he pursues with an obstinacy which regards neither the dictates of reason nor of common sense. He is about to introduce into academical discipline the full rigor of criminal...

Author: By Andrew W. Bingham, | Title: What Happened to the Rebellion Tree? | 3/12/1956 | See Source »

...split between private and public power groups (which will lease their share from the Government) and foreign developers (who will either buy or lease). No U-235 will be consigned to nations already producing it, e.g., Great Britain, or under present terms, the Soviet Union and its satellites. "Prudent safeguards" will be taken to ensure that the uranium is not diverted to nonpeaceful uses, said the President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ATOM: Instrument of Peace | 3/5/1956 | See Source »

...Bethlehem, Pa.," home of Lehigh University. Lehigh indeed! During the time I was a member of the Oklahoma Aggie wrestling team we never once succeeded in scheduling the "hotbed of wrestling" schools, Lehigh and Penn State, try as we would. My understanding is they still are being prudent about whom they wrestle. Certainly Lehigh is to be congratulated on having produced a national champion ["Ike" Eichelberger],"but this is an every-year occurrence at Oklahoma...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 20, 1956 | 2/20/1956 | See Source »

...that mutual affection is more fundamental than things such as birth, property, etc. Are love affairs and marriages two different things? Many answers, specially those of men, were affirmative. Does this mean a decline in the morals of the younger generation? On the contrary, they are very serious and prudent about getting married. Women, however, may be blamed for being too fanciful...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MYSTERIOUS EAST | 1/23/1956 | See Source »

...that the U.S. foreign-policy situation "is more perilous than it has been since Korea." Said he: "Certainly we must have learned by now that peace and security cannot be had for the asking, or by slogans and tough talk, or by blowing alternately hot and cold, rash and prudent." Added Tennessee's Senator Estes Kefauver: "In the conduct of our foreign policy, the Eisenhower Administration has in a large measure been a failure." Cried New York Governor Averell Harriman: "By the time the Republicans took office in 1953 they were utterly incapable of carrying on a coherent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: Out of Bounds? | 12/12/1955 | See Source »

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