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When the votes were counted, 430,000 Saarlanders had cast valid ballots-all, except the Communists' 40,000, in favor of the pro-French parties. There were 140,000 presumably pro-German blank ballots (24% of the total)-just enough to worry the French, but nowhere near enough for the Germans to claim a decisive protest against the Francophile regime. Saarlanders had given German nationalism a sharp rebuff...
...question splits easily into problems of policy and execution. With regard to policy, afflicted undergraduates complain that a language requirement is useless, as it takes up time better spent in more exciting fields without the recompense of useful knowledge in return. This complaint is valid, insofar as it points to the absurdity of demanding a thorough knowledge of one foreign language, but that is not the requirement's purpose. All that the College demands is a minimal facility, enough to serve as the foundation on which, if they wish, students can later build a working knowledge. As a compromise between...
...know that such a large percentage of Americans believe in God. However . . . did it ever occur to the editors of the Catholic Digest to ask these subjects "why" they believe in God? It would certainly be much more gratifying if the answer was obtained and the percentage of valid reasons stayed the same...
...Crimson Key has had valid reason to resent the freshman Jubilee, for it has preceded the Key's All-College Weekend by only a week, and has tended to draw freshmen away from the larger festivities...
...perhaps it requires the Spanish temperament to appreciate bull-fighting as a sport and as a form of entertainment. The Spaniard might point out that his sport involves no more punishment than many American boxing matches, and he would be partly right. But the analogy is not really valid: here when one of the participants appears severely weakened, his opponent is not permitted to butcher him completely...