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...spoke to newsmen that made the difference. From the day he arrived, he was always ready to trust the student correspondents. He never needlessly withheld information, never made a pretense of secrecy...
...that the U.S. does not. Leading French Communist writers have attacked him viciously and sarcastically in print. But some U.S. officials apparently heard that Emmanuel did not agree with American foreign policy, and conceiving of no middle ground, accused him of being a Communist sympathizer and delayed or withheld his visa. By thus cutting down Wellesley's power to choose its own staff, and especially by hiding the reasons for its action, the State Department has exercised dangerous standards of desirability and fitness...
What was the basis for Dr. Binger's judgments? Dr. Binger settled down to explain. Chambers had stolen books from the library when he was a student at Columbia; stealing is one of the characteristic behaviors of a psychopath. In the beginning of the case Chambers had "withheld the significant truth" about his relationship with Alger Hiss-a behavior known to psychiatrists as "withholding truth." Other characteristics revealed to Dr. Binger by Chambers' career: "pathological lying," "insensitivity for the feelings of others," "bizarre behavior," "vagabondism...
...suggestions by the council were referred to its committee on ordinances. Edward Reynolds '15, Administrative Vice-President of the University, withheld comment last night on the action, pending a closer study of the board's report...
Cobb's companion, whose name was withheld because of his age, was carrying a toy pistol. He was immediately released to his parents. Police thought that the pair's unusual behavior in the H.A.A. ticket office pointed to an attempt to size up the layout of the place before a holdup, rather than an actual crime...