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...didn't have to cope with the same sort of trivia every day in the week. In the years since 1789, Congress has imposed some 1,100 specific duties upon the President, and fully half of them are now outmoded or inconsequential. Last week, with the consent of Congress, Harry Truman finally began shucking off some of the barnacle growth...
...barbarian is not only flourishing, added Roger P. McCutcheon, dean of the graduate school of Tulane University, but seems to be doing so with the full consent of the psychologist. Today, "a lazy student who receives a failing grade is likely to be diagnosed as 'maladjusted.' Similarly, the 'welladjusted' personality rates high in any listing of virtues. The term 'well-integrated personality' is beginning to appear on recommendations, always an ominous symptom...
...hospital for a pretty sticky operation, and tell her that I'm going to be there in the operating room with the surgeon, holding her hand, and that I'll come and see her every day-that can make all the difference to her decision to give consent to the operation, and even to her recovery. Now the old Vic's closed I have to tell her: 'Here's a letter. Take it to the Kingston General Hospital and that...
...with parental consent...
...success of the American public-school system lies in its approval by the near-unanimous consent of the people. The introduction of religious teaching into it would destroy this approval and would thus jeopardize the continued success of the system...