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...deep humiliation" when negotiating with allied statesmen in London. "I will not submit to this usury," he said. "The question which faces you tonight is . . . does the government have your confidence as patriots and Deputies?" The vote: 287 to 240 in favor of Mendès, his smallest majority...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: I Will Not Submit to Usury | 12/13/1954 | See Source »

Using the switching man-to-man defense adopted by Wilson this year, the varsity held Brown's scoring ace, Ed Tooley, to 11 points in limiting the Bruins to the smallest number of points they have scored in two seasons...

Author: By Bernard M. Gwertzman, | Title: Brown Team Whips Varsity Five In First Ivy League Contest, 51-38 | 12/9/1954 | See Source »

...varsity was fifth in the Ivy Group in total team offense and third in team defense. The Crimson gained 1453 yards on the ground but only 478 through the air--the smallest passing yardage in the Group--for a total of 1931 and a game average...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Botsford Third In Ivy Offense | 12/2/1954 | See Source »

...additions suggested would not be bad in themselves. A building connecting the two halves of Winthrop House could have an excellent influence on House unity, while an extra wing would bring Leverett, presently the smallest House, nearer the size of the others. But no matter how much success addition-building might have in certain Houses, it is not the sort of program the administration can extend throughout the House system. While they might expand Winthrop and Leverett, and possibly even Adams--were Claverly added to it--nevertheless, Eliot, Lowell, Dunster, and Kirkland could never be enlarged. Postponing construction of additional...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Patchwork Proposal | 12/1/1954 | See Source »

...higher order of intelligence than die making, but . . . the atomic scientists and Detroit's die makers are links in the same chain. The atomic scientist, for all his education (and probably finer moral development), is no more entitled to obstructionist tactics than the lowliest sweeper in the smallest die shop. We elect men to establish policy. We hire others to carry these policies out. Just who in hell do these physicists think they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 29, 1954 | 11/29/1954 | See Source »

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