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...capitulation in 1943, it was only a question of time before opportunism would collect its due. But stubbornly the King procrastinated, hoping somehow to hang on to his throne. In 1944, he named his tall (6 ft.) playboy son and Crown Prince, Umberto, as "Lieutenant General of the Realm," subject to the people's will to be expressed by free vote. Victor Emmanuel remained a king in name only...
...Except for the Hoover Library at Stanford, the Research Center will be the only major organization devoted to a discovery, on a coldly academic basis, of the actual nature of modern Russian institutions. Should the project be successful, it may enable, or at least encourage, a return to the realm of enlightened opinion from the realm of doubt and uncertainty in which most persons have been roaming recently...
...endorsed by the Cambridge Civic Association. The C.C.A. has also endorsed Richard Morris '44, Roland Shaine '38, Bradley Dewey '08 LL.D. '45 hon., Thomas H. D. Mahoney Ph.D., and Mrs. Elizabeth M. Minot for the Cambridge School Board. Drafted for nomination, these candidates consider education and not politics the realm of Cambridge schools...
...Salzburg Seminar, the Council's great break into the realm of tangible accomplishment, a subtle development of leadership-consciousness has crept into the planning for the future. Although the Council has always held national prestige if only because of its name, today it enjoys international repute born of its hold step last summer...
...painting the lives and loves of an India Rubber Man or drawing the character behind a barker's chant have failed miserably. Circus people became either ridiculous or dull under the pens of fascinated, but insensitive authors. "Gus the Great" is no unhappy commentary by someone outside the realm. Mr. Duncan treats his subject with great dignity and honest realism and fails only through his inability to unite the complex threads of his story...