Word: speake
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When Western leaders began negotiating for EDC in 1951, Chancellor Adenauer, who had called Speidel from his classroom in 1950 to act as military adviser, sent him as West Germany's "observer" to Paris. As a German who had learned to speak fluent French as assistant military attache in the Paris of the early '30s, he made a hit with the French generals. They also remembered that as a high staff officer in the occupation he had prevented the SS from shooting hostages. Later Speidel won the sympathies of the Danes, Belgians and Dutch by criticizing French plans...
...sure, other suggestions may come forth which have similar potential for independent study, for the House system, and for the tutorial program. But for the time being, and as our parting shot, so to speak, we would like to give our strong endorsement to this plan for a three-term year. Under it, we are certain that Harvard would provide both the depth and breadth essential to a liberal education...
Twice or three times a year, the CRIMSON allows its erstwhile cartoonist, Harvard's most impoverished graduate, to speak out. While the validity of his conclusions is open to doubt, his courage must be admired. It is interesting to note that he did no research for his little epic, and bases his facts entirely on hearsay. Mr. Royce does not drink. Not much, that is. Well, not a great deal. Mr. Royce was raised on an apple farm, but ran away from home when he was a boy. He served two years in the Army and five years at Harvard...
Since then, Raisz has taught at Clark University, the University of Virginia, and in Rio de Janiero ("I couldn't speak Portuguese--only Spanish--but we got along fine."). This spring he will go to the University of Florda to teach cartography and to work on a state atlas. Soon he intends to do a landform map of Mexico, as well...
...some of the tersest repartee since Calvin Coolidge's grunts were supposed to speak volumes, Earl Attlee, 73, Britain's former Laborite Prime Minister, met and bested circling Chicago newshawks. What are the touring earl's impressions of the U.S.? "Very large." Could Attlee expand on that comment a bit? "Very large and very wealthy." Attlee's views on the revolt-torn island of Cyprus: "Difficult problem." Will the U.S.'s new Middle East policy help to warm Anglo-American relations? "Can't tell...