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...handling. President necessities, however, point toward some sort of integration in the near future it the collection is to fulfill its pledge to be available "for scholarly research by sincerely interested persons."Roosevelt was a vain man, proud of his achievements. Here a cartoonist takes advantage of this trait, saying Roosevelt wants to put himself before Washington in the people's mind...
...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...
...detail successfully though, is no excuse for relegating "317" to the scrapbasket. "Adequate" may not express rapture, but adequacy is nonetheless a virtue. Completeness--almost every schlor's picture and biography appear, and all the College's many divisions and groups are covered--and above all accuracy, a trait which "316" so lamentably lacked, abound in "317," and any yearbook which has these has all the essential ingredients it needs. If the frosting is sere, at least the cake is wholesome...
They were a physically unimpressive lot. One trait they shared with their new masters, Malenkov, Beria and Molotov: their small height. The ranks of the chief mourners, following the tall, uniformed pallbearers (see NEWS IN PICTURES), are a dumpy group, who could be posed alongside Stalin without dwarfing...
...have complained about ticks since Homer's time. The worst thing they do is spread disease, but even this trait is not always considered a disservice. Certain death-dealing ticks of Madagascar are encouraged to live in native villages. The local people become immune to their bites, and their presence discourages raiders...