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...suggest that your answer to my last question contained certain inaccuracies." Moreover, since no confession obtained under duress is valid in British law, the catcher must take care not to hector or bully his man beyond a certain point. The professional British spycatcher must 1) detect the spy, 2) confront the courts with solid proof or with confessions which appear to have been made with willing enthusiasm. The spy can then be hanged...
...Regions, like people, age," writes Harris, "and in the aging process an economic arteriosclerosis tends to develop. This social disease develops as inhabitants of new industrial regions, full of vigor and enthusiasm seeking a place in industry, confront the older regions with intense competition. These newer areas take industries away from the older ones, for the freedom of manufacture, relatively unfettered by past practices and customs, gives them a decided advantage in the struggle for newer industries...
...statement, they stated: "While we believe that General Eisenhower would make the strongest Republican candidate and an excellent president, we are not pledging ourselves to the candidacy of any particular individual for two reasons. 1) It will be impossible until well after April 29 to tell what situations may confront the convention; and 2) the people are to be given opportunity this year to express their preferences at the presidential primaries, and such preferences should be given thoughtful consideration by every delegate...
This is to advise you that I am not a defendant in a tax case, criminal or civil, and I have never had a tax case before any court, criminal or civil. My tax problems have been confined to those that would confront the ordinary businessman of equal financial circumstances, and I have not asked...
...Board of Overseers is not designed for reading by the general Harvard public. But as a short course in the theory and practice of administering universities, it is an unequalled experience for the layman. It sums up in a score of pages the problems and possibilities that confront a free, private, expanding, and diverse institution at a time when uncertainty and confusion are the keynote...