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November 11 is a day to reckon with. Armistices come and go, but Veterans, proud and valiant men that they are, are made of sterner stuff. The Nation and the State will honor them tomorrow with a holiday; the University will hold no classes; and the CRIMSON will publish a Saturday edition...
...critics, from Washington to such vehemently anti-Communist nations as Nationalist China, fear that in his pursuit of compromise, U Thant may gravely inhibit the U.N.'s role as the "conscience of mankind." They may reckon without U Thant's quiet but nonetheless firm belief that peace cannot be achieved through passive neutralism, which would mean a withdrawal from the battle for peace." Pointedly, he has declared: "Whoever occupies the office of the Secretary-General must be impartial, but not necessarily neutral...
...returned with interest in the form of repatriated profits. Similarly, the increase in trade between the Common Market partners may well begin by reducing U.S. sales to Europe, but it will also speed Europe's economic growth-to the ultimate benefit of the U.S. State Department economists reckon that an increase of anything over ¼ of 1% in the growth rate of the Market nations would lead to a notable upsurge in their demand for U.S. goods...
...people with deft application of both the carrot and the stick, always careful to keep in step with the word from Moscow. In 1956, when Khrushchev denounced Stalin at the 20th Party Congress, Stalin's old friend Ulbricht was quick to echo the new line ("One cannot reckon Stalin among the classic Marxists"). For all the thaw, Ulbricht soon cracked down on students and teachers who had friendly ideas of their own, arresting dozens, expelling scores from their universities. To stamp out religion and give new meaning to socialism, Ulbricht introduced "socialist name-giving" ceremonies to replace baptism, "socialist...
...Ruark's African adventures thrown in. Like the first, it is written in sloppy, shoes-off language, and the fact that the author now buys his shoes for pounds sterling in London does not prevent him from typing "ain'ts" into his copy. "Know" is translated "reckon," "a lot" becomes "a power," g's are dropped conscientiously, and "God," sorrily enough, becomes "the boss weather-maker...