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Marshall and Acheson meant that such token payments as aid to Greece and Turkey were only the beginning. But how far would the U.S. have to go, if it seriously intended to carry out the Truman Doctrine? What was the present invoice on the doctrine, and what did Acheson mean by "further emergency financing...
Commencement itself will follow the traditional pattern, being opened in Tercentenary Theater by the High Sheriff of Middlesex County. After convocation and a musical interlude, the Commencement Parts will be delivered by outstanding graduating scholars, and President Conant will confer the degrees by token to the various class marshals...
...token substitute remains in the so-called called "Advisory" system, which in practical application is largely limited to assistance on honor theses. The value of this assistance, like that of full-fledged tutorial, depends solely upon what the student and his usually hard-pressed adviser want to make...
...Without Discrimination." One rule was firm: the U.S. would not withhold food from any peoples who were starving -not even the enemies of democracy. But, by the same token, nondemocratic nations drawing U.S. relief would not be allowed to starve the friends of democracy. Distribution must be "without discrimination as to race, creed or political belief...
What really made Tisman sore was that the police discriminated against him in favor of other gamblers. Police made token raids against small fry, which was "like raiding a bank and arresting the janitor." But they had closed him up tight a few times and caused him to lose a lot of business. His-brother Harry Tisman gravely corroborated this. "You had to pay to stay in business," he said. "It was just like the B.C. Electric-you had to pay your bill or you were...