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Rusher is a nondescript sort of man, neither stilted nor folksy, laconic nor rambling, soft-spoken nor raucous. But perched on a table in a Union conference room or leaning over a coffee cup in the Yard of Ale, he makes a glib, effective speaker. Rusher has a quieter kind of charm than the flamboyant Buckley. He punctutes his remarks with precise gestures, and smiles often. But his eyes are hard, his lips thin, and he smiles with his mouth alone...
...much like the smaller two-engine French Caravelle and three-engine Boeing medium-range 727. This design leaves its swept-back wingspan uncluttered, permits slower landing speeds, shorter takeoffs and more dependable lift. For the passengers, there is more comfort: more leg room, improved air conditioning and a considerably quieter ride...
There have been many quieter, more mature and responsible organizations and projects working toward improving race relations in the country--the PBH Miles College program is just one example known to the Harvard community. If the civil rights projects undertaken by our campus liberals are going to be effective, more of the workers will have to read and think about the issues mentioned by Mr. Rorer--not laugh at them. The CRIMSON would better have met its responsibility by discussing some of these issues rather than wasting space elsewhere in the issue with that ridiculous disclaimer (we all know where...
This grass-roots power has taken a twofold?if not an eightfold?path. In the more agitated countries, the monks have used it as a way into politics; in the quieter lands, all of the lesser-chariot persuasion, they have used it to stay out of politics, merely adding a conservative prop to support existing institutions...
...most influential chairman in the CEA's history, is expected to resign soon and return to the University of Minnesota, though the President is eager to keep him on. Heller's replacement could well be Michigan's Gardner Ackley, 49, a somewhat quieter but equally activist CEA member. Whoever heads the CEA, the band of outside economic advisers is certain to be used increasingly by the Administration. Spread from coast to coast, this fraternity is linked by bonds of friendship, philosophy and years of service together in universities and Government...