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...ballroom of the Hotel des Roses, U.N. headquarters in Rhodes, they were faced with a gigantic mural of the original sin: a naked Adam & Eve, the serpent and the apple. A few minutes later, the U.N. mediator, Bible-minded Ralph Bunche, tossed them another allegory. Urging both sides to avoid recriminations and "picayunish" quarrels, he said: "There are many eyes here, and motes can be readily found in them." He also warned "governments not involved" in the negotiations not to meddle. "Just a friendly tip to the British," said one of his aides...
...short, when FTC last year was plumping for f.o.b. pricing, it was not trying to lay down a law; it was merely pointing out the safest way to avoid suspicion. But, warned FTC: "No pricing formula ... is automatically free from or . . . subject to a charge of conspiracy...
...pointed out. Nor would the Committee on Admissions know enough about students in their early years of college to grant even conditional admissions, he added. Worst of all, Burwell said, the character of the profession may be harmed by men who enter it motivated primarily by a desire to avoid the draft...
Robert C. Claflin '50, Key representative, disclosed that the Key is uncertain whether to have its proposed all-College dance this spring or to wait until the football season. The Key began its plan for its own dance as an independent source of income to avoid reliance on Student Council grants...
Tylman: "Since your mouth has been so neglected and maltreated, there is no way to avoid extracting at least six teeth...