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...happy to have the privilege of attending Harvard at a time when it has such staunch defenders of liberalism as Professors Schlesinger and Galbraith...
...Alpine side, since De Gaulle came to power, Italy has become a staunch backer of France's policy in Algeria. On the Rhine, Adenauer's Germany has forged new links with its old enemy. And last week Spanish officials in Paris were humming contentedly about a new "era of good feeling...
Tomorrow night, Williams, a staunch supporter of Governor Robert Meyner for the 1960 Presidential nomination, will attend a dinner with backers of other Democratic hopefuls. Given by John M. Bullitt '43, Master of Quincy House, the dinner will include in its guest list Councillor Joseph A. DeGuglielmo '29, and Samuel H. Beer, professor of Government...
...orthodox Roman Catholics differ in their judgments about Harvard's "challenge" to their faith. One half of the staunch Catholics have never "reacted either partially or wholly" against the Church, but about an equal number affirm there was a time when their views "could fairly have been called 'agnostic' or 'atheistic.'" Generalizations for the Catholics at Harvard are thus difficult to draw...
...Catholics who had slipped from orthodoxy objected "because of religious beliefs" to both legalized abortion and extra-marital intercourse--a surprisingly large percentage considering that a much smaller fraction of the students polled would follow suit. An even more surprising feature of this question is that some of the staunch Catholics (five in all) failed to object to certain of the practices listed in question 41, all of which are morally objectionable in the eyes of the Church. Three, in particular, think pre-marital intercourse justifiable...