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...tomorrow's conditions are poor on Lake Mendota, the race can be run a mile away on the lee shore of Lake Monona, one of three lakes which surround Madison. Every effort, however, will be made to hold the duel on the regular course which runs eastward along the University shoreline, past the Boat House and Fraternity-Sorority Row, and affords spectators an excellent view...
...quite all alone, it seemed: "I ask the people to be there to mark their remembrance of what was done to save the independence of France, which they intend to preserve. I ask the veterans of both wars and of Indo-China to surround the monument. The garrison of Paris will have to be there for honors and the sounding of trumpets, the glorious police of Paris to keep order. All of us ... will speak not a single word, will utter not a single cry. Above the calm of this immense silence will float the soul of France...
...reason to believe, however, that the radioactive aftereffect of the hydrogen bomb cannot be increased, if thai is what the designers want to do. First step would be the addition of an ingredient that yields free neutrons (L17 might be a good one). Next step would be to surround the bomb with 3 casing of an element that absorbs neutrons and becomes radioactive. Such a doctored H-bomb might poison a whole country...
...part of the problem of White House-Congress relations−but he goes much beyond that. He hurts the nation's good name with its allies. He muddies the important Communist issue. He distracts the Government and the country from the grave perils and golden opportunities that surround...
...Sensing" the Job. The scene in postwar France, recalled last week by an officer who was there, illustrates a basic personality trait with which Eisenhower's staff officers in SHAPE in World War II also were familiar. Eisenhower is a slow starter. He likes to surround a problem, to watch, listen, absorb and learn all he can. Then he acts decisively, firmly. This was his method of operation in planning the invasions of North Africa and Normandy. It was his technique in the presidential campaign last year. He now recalls, with understandable enjoyment, the much-quoted August 1952 Scripps...