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Whatever my feelings about Professor Galbraith's protest movement, I resent his proposal that students organize to coerce me into joining it. And I hope nobody stays away from Professor Galbraith's classes in a vain organized attempt to embarrass him into changing his politics. T. C. Schelling Professor of Economics
History adds that before or after dying he found himself in the presence of God and told Him: "I who have been so many men in vain want to be one and myself." The voice of the Lord answered from a whirlwind: "Neither am I anyone; I have dreamt the world as you dreamt your work, my Shakespeare, and among the forms in my dream are you, who like myself are many...
...advance and to have the doctors who provide it practice in groups, said the Wilbur Committee's report in 1932. This year's commission, though favoring prepayment, gives no such strong endorsement to group practice. Joseph A. Beirne, president of the Communications Workers of America, argued in vain that the commission should have taken a forthright stand in favor of pre-paid group-practice plans, in the light of "compelling evidence" that they bring about the most economical delivery of medical services. Even without that, the commission gave most of the planners among the nation's health professionals plenty...
...time was drawing to a close when right halfback Abi Azikiwe's long pass outdistanced the referee and was picked up by Crimson right wing Gerry Montero. Montero fed Vargas in the middle, and the inside from Colombia drove the winning goal past Greenberg, who again was advancing in vain...
Although "disappointed" over Vassar's decision, Brewster did not feel that the joint study was in vain. "The thinking and development by the joint committee has brought us much nearer to the goal of a first-rate college for women in New Haven," he said at yesterday's press conference...