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Well, it seems the mommas have done it again. I pray that if and when another war breaks out, they will not need to be sorry that their sons did not come home because they wanted softer training...
...there. It's the same old look, and just as dangerous. Don't trust them an inch." At the conference sessions held in the Cabinet room at No. 10 Downing Street, Commonwealth relations with the Communist bloc were the main topic. Again the Asians argued for a softer policy, while the Canadians firmly opposed any letdown. At times the vigor of St. Laurent's and Pearson's objections seemed almost out of character, since at other conferences (particularly with U.S. diplomats) the Canadians have often argued for a more flexible policy toward Russia. But Pearson explained...
Earl Warren has gained weight since he left California. His hair is whiter, softer and fluffier, and a benign fullness has smoothed from his face all the small pinches of arrogance that led California political rivals to dub him the Earl of Warren. He loves the Supreme Court, presides over its sessions, both public and private, with easy skill. The eight Associate Justices love Warren, and under his influence work together as rarely before. But by last week, when Warren and his colleagues put their robes in mothballs after one of the busiest terms in history, the U.S. Supreme Court...
...effortlessly rattling off the complex statistics of defense
expenditures, populations and strength estimates, persuasively arguing
that Soviet "smiles, happy talk and receptions" in no way justify a
dilution of Western strength. Items:
...less ambitious and more poetic, the traditional banks of the Charles have become softer and greener, or perhaps it is the atmosphere that has become more relaxing and more colorful. A few authors with typewriters and beards peck and hunt for a minute, then close their eyes and listen for five. Touch-tackle games flourish only to pause when the refreshing pinks and powder-blues float...