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...hemorrhage, as is usual in such cases, came without warning. It could not have mattered whether Stalin was in earnest conference, or playing cards, or asleep. An artery in his brain, no longer able to withstand the pounding of the blood coursing through it under excessive pressure, blew out like a worn bicycle tire. Blood flowed into the brain cells of the surrounding grey matter, clogged them and made them useless. Then the blood began to clot...
...faith in freedom of thought has had broader implications. It is the dominating concept behind the General Education Report, and it has provided the necessary amunition to withstand the continued onslaughts against the very concept of academic freedom and the liberal University...
...financing of the debt on a sounder basis, incoming Secretary of the Treasury George Humphrey hopes to place a great deal of the debt on a long-term basis by offering a higher interest, perhaps 3% v. the current 2.5%. Thus the debt would be more firmly anchored to withstand economic ups & downs. While this would raise interest rates all around and increase the cost of handling the debt, it would also cut down on the easy money that has helped fuel inflation, and make it easier to control prices...
...place where the University can put us. We would prefer to be elsewhere where we could broadcast without disturbing local sets. Until a time when we are so situated, we are trying to eliminate as many complaints as possible." He explained that average radio sets aren't constructed to withstand possible interference from a very powerful station nearby...
...justify restrictiveness. Further, the year to year doctrinal shifts (first, the grounds were morality, then fear that the draft might put freshmen in the Houses, and finally this) suggest that the stated reasons might be camoflage for more deeply-felt convictions, too fatuous to publish and too sickly to withstand prolonged scrutiny...