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Soon after the election furor arose a new one, over investigations into education, which tied up Harvard and the nation so closely that the CRIMSON wrote, in all, seven editorials on different phases of it. The CRIMSON, while gradually recognizing the inevitability of the investigations as a sop to public opinion, has consistently opposed the men and methods of their conduct. On January 15, we said...
...proposed restrictions seem as much a slap at Roosevelt as a forward-looking admonition. The two-term 22nd amendment should have purged the conservatives of their ire; the 23rd should not be a similar emotional sop...
...space station, Dr. Rosen thinks, would have little military value. Equipping it to make observations would be exceedingly difficult, and any missiles that it might drop would be lucky to hit the-right country. The project, Rosen warns, would sop up most of the U.S. supply of qualified technical men. While they were aiming at space, the guided missile program-which military planners consider vital to U.S. safety-would grind to a halt...
...independent voter who cast her ballot for Eisenhower, I feel very strongly on the advisability of a Cabinet post for Stevenson (and not one of the sop positions, either). Such an act would be not only a smart political move on the part of the President elect, but also a great service to the country...
...exiled father. Kashmir's real ruler, the man who banished Karan's father, is Prime Minister Sheik Mohammed Abdullah, a Moslem. As he had long threatened to do, Abdullah persuaded the Kashmir constituent assembly to abolish the 106-year-old dynasty of the ruling Singhs. As a sop to the sentiments of the Hindu minority, however, he offered to let young Karan become the state's constitutional governor for a five-year term. But Karan's father, the old maharaja, who is living in luxury in Bombay, threatened to disinherit...