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Hatcher and Edson feared membership restrictions could stir up alumni unrest and dissatisfaction and could discourage prospective applicants from coming to the University...
...half an hour she examined and tested a procession of toys before settling for a steam shovel ($5), a plastic tea set ($3), a baking set ($5), a chocolate-drink mixer ($5) and a collection of plastic bricks ($5). Except for her clipped accent and a certain bedlamic stir that trailed after her, the lady might have been any ordinary grandmother on a shopping spree in New York. She was Britain's Queen Mother Elizabeth, and the six-year-old she was shopping for is the heir-apparent to the British throne...
Vaughan, apparently awakening to the stir he had caused, denied that he ever gave the interview.* Said worried Edgar Brown: "Misleading, untrue, vicious and a clear attempt to prejudice some South Carolina voters against me." At week's end Governor Jimmy Byrnes called a press conference to endorse Thurmond. Byrnes is the most powerful politician in South Carolina, and his words, coming on top of the lethal Vaughan story, might well swing the election...
...while Harriman was never expected to cause a stir, Ives' performance has been the biggest disappointment of the campaign. His best effort so far has been to link his opponent with ancient scandals involving some of Harriman's financial interests. Ives, a sophomore Senator who specializes in labor relations (he was Dean of the Labor School at Cornell) won his nomination because of his large pluralities in the Senatorial elections of 1946 and 1952. It was forgotten that both were years of a strong Republican trend...
...music the writers were talking about was a long (50 minutes), restless work full of pretty little melodies. Perhaps in deference to the short concentration span of his audiences, the composer allowed no single idea to develop very long. As of old, Shostakovich showed his ability to stir up a storm of violence, with the brasses braying, the drums thundering, the winds shrieking and the strings pacing along...