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Although the announcement caused a stir, it has been learned that Lowenstein's actual position is similar to that of many other college students: he has received his year of automatic student deferment, and his future eligibility for the draft is up to the discretion of his local board...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lowenstein Still Draftable, Jordan Reveals to Writers | 9/25/1951 | See Source »

...name have a suspiciously foreign ring (actually he was born in New Hampshire), but the very fact that L'Heureux is a member of the State Department could have been enough to earn him the chill on the hill. Added to that, his job is one calculated to stir the suspicion of every politico who keeps an eye on the grand old flag-as chief of the visa division, he has been responsible for the delicate and controversial business of admitting foreigners...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: They Just Couldn't Say Goodbye | 9/17/1951 | See Source »

...began the "fight for peace." The Cominform called it "the pivot of the entire activity of the Communist Parties." The cry of peace could oppose the keeping of U.S. troops in Europe; it could stir up workers by blaming low wages and high prices on rearmament programs; it could prey on mothers whose sons must fight, on men of God who hated war, on the indifferent and the despairing, on the timid who feared that arming for self-defense was provocative...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATIONS: Flight of the Dove | 9/17/1951 | See Source »

...stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Odd Scrambling Fellow | 9/10/1951 | See Source »

...last week, but this time it was no innocent visit to gobble free food, gape at well-stocked department stores, see the exhibits, color television, radio shows and movies the Western allies had set up for their Communist callers. This time 14,000 crossed the border on business: to stir up hatred against the West...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Business Trip | 8/27/1951 | See Source »

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