Word: actioneers
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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Each had something to report. Johnson disclosed the decision of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff on Formosa (see below). Acheson, who had once sharply disagreed with Johnson's stand for more decisive action in Asia, discussed his own attempts to piece together a plan of action for Communist China's anti-Communist neighbors. There was reason for speed. London reported that the British government would shortly leave the U.S. conspicuous in its indecision, would recognize Red Peking within the week, probably followed in quick order by India, Canada...
Cornell's Acting President Cornelis de Kiewiet went into action, suspended both societies "in view of the nearly fatal consequences of [your] activities." Then he called on a Cornell faculty committee to review the facts and make recommendations. Majura and Beth L'Amed (familiarly known as Mummy) had flourished for half a century at Cornell, but even in student opinion they had gone too far. Said the Cornell Daily Sun: "Cornell's doctrine of 'freedom with responsibility' had clearly been abused . . . The administration will not and should not allow us to kill ourselves . . ." Last week...
Novelist Goudge's first concern is to stake out a field of action on some safe old ground, and stock it with standard breeds of characters. First she introduces Mr. Midshipman Anthony Louis Mary O'Connell of the British navy around 1800, a lad with "delicate lips and flaring nostrils . . . of a startled horse." Anthony deserts ship after being spread-eagled in the rigging for two hours. Ashore he meets Stella Sprigg, a girl whose "swift graceful movements were those of ... a faun or gazelle . . ." They fall in love, but Anthony, flaring his nostrils, rejoins the navy...