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...should the Iranian students be singled out by official discriminatory legislation? If the conditions in Iran are such that the students can not or do not want to return, why should they be forced to leave? If many among them are no longer "officially" students, is it not because the conditions of their fellow citizens and relatives may be a difficult strain on them which could prevent them from continuing their studies? And why should they not become a loud political voice raised in concern over the conditions in their native land...
...practical terms, the psychological effect of a reaction of sympathy for the Iranians in this country would be a statement of understanding to the peoples in Iran. Furthermore, the students and ex-students here should be encouraged to continue their studies in the eventuality that one day they will return to their country to help in its reconstruction. For these reasons, the Iranians should be given opportunities to further their education, training, and schooling according to the most enlightened principles of the democratic process and of American education...
Injuries to last year's standouts Adele Joel, a premier breaststroker, and Maura Costin, may also hurt the squad. Walsh said she hopes for Joel's return after Christmas, but Costin has left the team because of shoulder problems...
...crop, flower resists frost, has a short growing season, and is less affected by drought than wheat. It also has some drawbacks. Says Farmer Tom Sinner, of Casselton, N. Dak.: "You plant flower because it brings a better return than other crops, but weeds and insects just love it." Agronomists fear that repeated plantings of flower on the same stretch of soil will so infest it with insects and diseases that it will become unusable for that crop...
Gallant's characters have been in trouble. They are exiles and émigrés, always from the provinces of the heart, often from some place in Europe tossed by convulsions of war or politics. One story follows the sad, late return (1950) to Berlin of a German prisoner of war in France. Another recounts the trials of an Italian servant girl on the Riviera, working for a neurotic English couple just before Mussolini declared war on France...