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...redress will only indicate that the University has botched its policy. What is now a rather low and indistinct undergraduate grumbling pointed in the general direction of University Hall could easily become an articulate chorus of howls. And this, at any rate, the administration should go far to avoid...
...seeing "The Senator Was Indiscreet," it is almost impossible to avoid making a comparison with another political satire that appeared in another election year, "Of Thee I Sing." Some of the same people are involved, too, but neither scriptwriter Charles MacArthur nor director George S. Kaufman has been able to inject spontaneity or hearty comedy into the new movie, which is a meager effort in a field loaded with opportunities for spoofing...
...stages. The Germans never knew that many nights, after her practicing, Nicole mounted her bicycle to run messages for the underground (she is one of only twelve civilians to receive the Commandos d'Afrique medal). Once she was asked to give a concert with the Berlin Philharmonic. To avoid playing for the Germans, she wrapped the fingers of her right hand in a bandage, pretending that she had just had an accident and kept them wrapped up for weeks. Once two Gestapo agents invaded her house to look for some papers her brother (a member of the Resistance...
...five-member delegation from the College has been instructed by the Student Council to avoid bringing up the issue of how far N.S.A. should venture into politics...
...things to come in the 1820's, when Sophia Dana used the Oval Room to give the neighborhood girls some schooling in subjects that the Harvard men were studying. The classes continued through several years against fearful dangers, for, as an observer remarked, "It was hardly possible to avoid ridicule in making the experiment...