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Hoping to avoid the criticism of subject matter following its recent production of "I Was a King in Babylon," the Veterans' Theater Workshop will put the selection of its spring production in the hands of the student body...
...postcard sent out by them did not remind anyone to vote for any candidate. It said, (and I quote the exact words used) "The Catholic Club nominee is James Sullivan. We urge you to vote." That was all. The writer of the postcard was obviously very careful to avoid saying that the members of the Club should vote for "their" nominee; he merely urged them to vote, and certainly no, one can take exception to that...
...want to avoid asking for a continuation of the draft," Petersen remarked, pointing out that the present policy calls for a stable, 100 percent volunteer, regular army but that enlistment recruiting had fallen off sharply in the last few months and that many one year enlistments were ending...
...said that the program, which he hopes will be passed by the new Congress, will take a year to put into operation once passed by Congress, thus some men may avoid service both under the regular Selective Service Act and under...
...Macheath, a lady-killing crook. During the course of the show, Mae holes up at Miss Jenny's maison de joie, marries Polly Peachum--the daughter of a humorously crooked politician, and beguiles the keys to his cell door from the jailer's daughter--all in order to avoid the inevitable ending which awaits him in the arms of the electric chair...