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Minnesota's Humphrey, as a member of the loyal opposition in U.S. political terms, bluntly told Khrushchev that the U.S. is not going to get shoved out of Berlin. But, as a loyal member of the opposition, he came away calling for the U.S. to adopt some sort of "new approach" to the cold war. No one, least of all Secretary of State Dulles,* would deny the possible benefits of a new approach-provided it had something to recommend it beyond mere newness. But such an approach can only be a tactical means of implementing the principle, explained...
...forms is a concern with important social questions which insures that he will always write about something worth reading about; since Rome burns every day, a cry of "Fire!" has a certain sort of interest that simple fiddling can never attain. And it means that even the least of his plays has a vitality, an urgency, that could not exist if the author were not passionately involved with every line. "Passion" is a frequently debased word in our time, but Bernard Shaw has reminded us of the existence of a moral passion that can be no less strong than...
According to present estimates, the uniform rate would be set at approximately $220-260. This would represent a sizable rent increase for the student who just manages to come to Harvard independent of financial aid, and lives in a $150 room. It would be unrealistic to hope that some sort of blanket financial aid could be given to all the people for whom the new rate would constitute a serious financial problem. Although the sums involved are of considerable importance to individual students, they are small enough so that they may well escape the consideration of the financial aid office...
...Democrats who won elections in November were not very inspiring," he said, adding that the "old boys" are the loyal party workers who sustained the Democrats through the lean years. These men, Freidel claimed, "see Congress as a system of loyalties," and he asked whether this was the "sort of man you want to see as President...
...propered; they had children. But Hollywood is a wicked place, and soon the nice, wholesome boy began to grow less nice and less wholesome. A friend died, and Edward, like the nice, wholesome boy he once was, tried to console the widow. Edward had become very good at this sort of thing since coming to Hollywood and he did it very well indeed. Soon the widow--who had been in Hollywood too long to be nice and wholesome--was merry, and so was Edward. Deborah, however, grew lonely despite the company of her children--she wasn't quite as nice...