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...must, lest the Board seek to turn these facts against us. It would be worse than fallacious to assert, as the administrators might on the strength of these low numbers, that repeal of the afternoon perquisite impedes too few people to warrant concern. That few students are harmed does not make the carving job less unnecessary and unreasonable. In fact, even if this prevented but one undergraduate from carrying on a normal social life, it would be inexcusable. Students are old enough to be trusted, not simply in academic matters, but in personal affairs as well. Whatever the excesses...
Before he ended his term as U. S. High Commissioner for Germany, John J. McCloy said, "The danger from the extreme right is not of a critical nature and ... does not constitute an immediate threat to the Federal Republic, but there is a potential danger whose nature and importance warrant continued vigilance by all who value democratic principles...
...Feel It. Since then the Prince has been heaped with culinary honors. His appearance for dinner at any restaurant is royalty's warrant. Living alone with only a hot plate to cook on, he arises at three each afternoon and breakfasts simply on a boiled egg and warm milk. The business of his day starts at suppertime, when carefully chosen friends knock on the door of his cluttered apartment and escort him to dinner. Last week the Prince reached his 80th birthday, and all France rallied to wish him bon appétit. Some hundred of the nation...
...Easygoing Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, is better liked by his wife's subjects and less bothered by form. Nonetheless, next June's Coronation is less than nine months away, and he needed to be put in his proper place. Last week Queen Elizabeth declared in a royal warrant that "His Royal Highness, Philip, Duke of Edinburgh . . . shall henceforth upon all occasions and in all Meetings except where otherwise provided by Act of Parliament,* have, hold and enjoy Place, Pre-eminence and Precedence next to Her Majesty...
...Federal District Court, French was formally served a warrant issued by his Oregon draft board, charing him with being a draft dodger...