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...these allegations is an infringement on no one's rights. Did it never occur to our educators that these suspicions would be quickly dispelled if they would cooperate freely with the investigators and even invite them to their campuses? People with nothing to hide do not fear the spotlight . . . The supposed threat to academic freedom is a bogeyman . . . I am a college man, but I believe these investigations should be pressed vigorously...
...glittering, imposing or sinister figures who descend on Manhattan when the United Nations General Assembly convenes, the Soviet Union's Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky usually attracts the most attention. But on opening day last week, Vishinsky had to yield the spotlight to a strong-jawed newcomer from the Caribbean: fabulous Dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo, 61, who since 1930 has run the lush, green little Dominican Republic like a private plantation, piling up wealth by the tens of millions and crushing all opposition with iron ruthlessness. Trujillo had left his brother Héctor in charge at home and taken...
Sharing the spotlight with the Cliffe student will be national sharing champ Dick Button 11 and Rugh Graham '55 Button will skate part of his '52 Olympic feature before the more than 1800 guests of the Big Green Outing Club...
Scorer & Feeder. In a game where human skyscrapers usually grab the spotlight, the little O'Briens (5 ft. 9 in., 160 Ibs.) are a refreshing exception. Johnny is the scorer, Ed the "feeder." Playing on a team that specializes in an all-out "fire-horse" offense, Johnny is able to score with every kind of shot-hooks, jumps, tip-ins, lay-ups-and equally well with both hands. When Johnny is "double-teamed," i.e., when the defense guards him with two men, Ed, a deadeye long-range shooter, pops in baskets from the outside...
...Paris last week, art lovers trooped to the Galerie Royale to see something billed as "The Art Gallery of the Future." The future turned out to be electrified. As visitors grouped before each of the exhibits, an attendant pressed a button. Thereupon, a spotlight flared on and a tape-recorded voice boomed out a learned commentary...