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...cries Author Reynolds, "for a magic carpet of infinite dimensions that could transport all the leaking drains and condemned closets from all the slums of the Empire and heap them in Downing Street [as an] object lesson. . . !" Viewed from his standpoint of the philosopher-sanitarian, the course of world history is essentially intestinal...
Today C.U. offers five productions a season, for three weeks each. From a box-office standpoint, they could easily run much longer. But if they did, Father Hartke remarks, the student-actors' grades would take some awful nosedives. Even as it is, they almost always drop. But the stagecraft holds...
...that atmosphere the familiar daily Crimson was an anachronism. Not only was there no need for it, but publication was impossible from a practical standpoint. Recognizing this fact the editors suspended the newspaper, and entrusted the task of supplying news coverage to the Crimson's protege: The Harvard Service News...
...most desirable from the Chinese standpoint, and ours . . . that numbers of Japanese be retained in subordinate capacities which cannot be filled by qualified Chinese...
...attitude on denazification differed from the Russian and U.S. policies. A Briton explained that it did not matter much if the head of a public-utility system was a Nazi: "We tell the bahstads what to do, you know, so their political beliefs make no difference really." From the standpoint of getting things done efficiently with a minimum occupation staff, the British system worked. Its effect on the political future of Germany was another matter...