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...summers of six weeks each. Though six weeks of training might seem the saturation point for any one time, there is an excellent reason for the twelve week set-up. At Harvard, and most of the schools where the plan might later be adopted, there are students who depend on their summer earnings to see them through the college year. Taking six weeks out of a summer already makes it hard for many of these men to find jobs, and there is little point in extending this problems into two summers. Since one vacation will be chopped short anyway...
...doubles entry will depend upon the single results. If the match is already clinched Barnaby will be able to experiment with untried and inexperienced combinations. If the match is still in doubt, Rauh and Haegler will probably team at number one, with Gravem and Harris at Second doubles...
Much of the church's future function will depend on the man chosen to fill the post. It has been open for over a year since former Dean Willard L. Sperry retired. President Pusey expects to work at filling the position this summer and hopes to have chosen a man by next September...
...leave harbor, the Times ran the headline, "Continent Cut Off by Fog." But only the fog was unusual; Great Britain has traditionally been cut off from Europe. Since the days of henry VII and Cardinal Wolsey, England has tried to stand aloof from entangling alliances on the Continent and depend on sea power for strength. At the same time, Britain has feared the emergence of a great power in Europe. In line with these dual aims, the English have traditionally regarded themselves as the holders of the balance of power, rather than active participants in European politics...
Local defense will always be important. But there is no local defense which alone will contain the mighty land power of the Communist world. Local defense must be reinforced by the further deterrent of massive retaliatory power. [The Administration had made a basic decision] to depend primarily upon a great capacity to retaliate instantly by means and at places of our choosing...