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Deterrent Influence. "If a potential aggressor knew in advance that his aggression would bring that answer, then I am convinced that he would not commit aggression . . . Siberia and much of China, notably Manchuria, are vulnerable, from the standpoint of transport and communication . . . Is it not time that the Chinese Communists knew that if, for example, they send their Red armies openly into Viet Nam [Indo-China], we will not be content merely to try to meet their armed forces at the point they select . . . but by retaliatory action of our own fashioning...
...cleared up many things for the public." "Very well done, timely, very well worth reading," was the reaction of Paul J. McKinnon, division chief in the Boston office. Marion H. Allen, collector for Georgia, said: "It was a very interesting and informative story on taxes from an historical standpoint. It also gave me an insight into the background of income taxes which I had never had." San Francisco Collector Charles F. Masarik reported: "I noticed a group of our female employees gathered around the magazine, laughing at the cover. It was really good...
...Lowell House opera productions get better each year. This time it's the American premiere of Handel's Semele--not really an opera at all, but a dramatized oratorio. Dramatically, the presentation may not be very exciting, but from a purely musical standpoint, it well deserved the ovation it received...
...debating whether or not to send a son to college, you may want to take a look at the "Portrait of the Old Grad'' from a job-and-salary standpoint. Just about five out of six male graduates hold down top positions in their communities-in the professions, or as owners, managers or executives. Median earnings of the male graduates at the time of the study were $4,689 a year, more than double that for all men in the U.S. "Our college graduates earn more money almost from the first year on the job than the average...
Former Congressman Hamilton Fish Jr. '10 called Taft "better qualified mentally, morally, spiritually, and from a standpoint of experience to be president" than anyone else...