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Deadly Adventure. The measure before the house was admittedly controversial, and inspired misgivings even among some of De Gasperi's Demo-Christian coalition. By a formula so complex that it took two mathematicians and a handful of political scientists three months to work it out, De Gasperi's proposal would give 64% of the seats in the Chamber to any party or coalition which wins more than 50% of the vote. De Gasperi, whose own devotion to minority rights was hardened during his long years in opposition to Mussolini, is reluctantly convinced that democracy can survive in Italy...
Spring practice's adherents might argue, with apparently more truth, that football has become so complicated a game that spring drilling is essential. This is absurd in my view, because the abolition of two platooning makes the sport less, not more, complex. Pennsylvania, spring practiceless, played an intricate game last year against well-drilled Notre Dame. The score was zero to zero...
...drastic alteration." Instead of the old prep-school curriculum of two years of algebra, one of plane geometry, and one of either trigonometry or solid geometry, schools should place more stress on broad mathematical principles. They should trim away some of the excess fat, condense such topics as complex numbers and logarithmic solutions of triangles in favor of the more enlightening study of calculus and statistics...
Reaction among Americans on the High Commission staff is mixed. Some are thoroughly pleased by the appointment, while others again express doubts't that a non-professional can handle Germany's complex problems...
...they awaited the consistory, the prelates checked in with friends at the Vatican, had last-minute fittings of the robes which they would wear, and got detailed briefings from papal attendants on their roles in the complex ceremonies. At Rome's Grand Hotel, the 61 U.S. clergymen and laymen who had accompanied Archbishop McIntyre got ready for the big day. New York's Francis Cardinal Spellman arrived by jet airliner on his way home from his Christmas visit to Korea...