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...reigning patriarch of the Adams clan, these reminders of the past were not so much landmarks as part & parcel of daily life. Like J. P. Marquand's George Apley, he was neither insensible to change, nor intolerant of it. But nothing had ever moved him to abandon the manners & morals of his New England ancestors-who include two Presidents (John and John Quincy), a famous ambassador (Charles Francis I), authors (Henry and Brooks), bankers, lawyers and scholars...
...Veto or No Veto." But "every understanding requires the reconciliation of differences and not a yielding by one state to the arbitrary will of the other." He called for Russia, on its part, to abandon "false and misleading propaganda" and the arbitrary use of its veto. Finally he called on Moscow to join with the U.S., "veto or no veto, to defend with force if necessary the principles and purposes" of the U.N. Charter. (Foreign Minister Molotov offered no comment...
These hardy, car hungry souls, unfazed by wear, have scooped up the cream of the 1929 used car mart and buy their oil with a reckless abandon. Thomas it. Morse '48, who operates from Lowell House, pours a quart of oil into his 1922 model T Ford with each gallon of gasoline and loves every minute...
Said Communist Boss Wilhelm Pieck: "SED will not have the majority in Berlin." If his prediction is right, Russia is likely to abandon the party, and party leaders know it. Last week, a U.S. newsman, roaming through SED's Berlin headquarters, ran into fat, pink Max Fechner, leading Sedist candidate...
Nationwide Longing. "The Chinese Government still earnestly hopes that the Chinese Communist leaders, knowing the nationwide longing for peace and reconstruction, will show some deference to the will of the Chinese people, and abandon their policy of seeking political power by force. Whatever reforms they advocate may be brought up in the proposed all-party State Council for discussion, debate and adoption. This is the recognized democratic process all over the world. The National Government has many reforms to suggest also, as it recognizer only too well there is need for reforms in many respects...