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...lion's wings have molted," cried London's Tory Daily Mail last week. "Our planes are out of date," complained the Liberal News Chronicle. Said the wor ried Manchester Guardian: "The gap in the air defenses of Britain is disturbingly evident...
Part of the failure to woo the commuter to his Center is the continuing shortage of attractive and needed features. Putting a big flannel patch on a hole in a pair of blue jeans won't make them suit pants, and the stop gap measures at Dudley have not transformed it into a house. The complaints range from criticism of the grimy looking walls to condemnation of the entire Center as inadequate. The furniture just inside the front door is a collection of multi-colored leather chairs placed about a large red rug. Before settling down, the commuter must find...
...living at college--with the resulting decline in commuters--but it has also modified the outlook of the Dudley students. Once completely ignored, the commuter now feels slighted. Once it was impossible to compare Dudley with any of the houses; now the commuter tends to exaggerate the slowly closing gap between the two. As a result, conditions seem worse and the effect is often depressing. The solution seems theoretically simple to those advocating non-resident membership with the houses. If the commuter is given connection with a house, then the problem of letting him "rub elbows with undergraduates from...
...Bolster Dudley's prestige, the commuters have worked closely with their Senior Tutor to expand the range and benefits of the Center's activities. A few library at Apley Court is beginning to fill the gap between the commuter and the Lamont hours that are inconvenient to hem. And expanded tutorial plan has given the commuter more contact with faculty members. The program has succeeded to an encouraging degree, and there is a growing feeling of a unified "spirit" working for Dudley benefit. One of the greatest barriers in their progress is the Center's lack of adequate space...
SINCE 1939, world trade has been out of joint. Buffeted by war and cold war, it limps along a narrow defile between the face of the Iron Curtain and the perils of the "dollar gap." This year there has been marked improvement. Europe is back on its feet (TIME, Nov. 29), and eleven of its trading nations, accounting for three-quarters of its imports from North America, are quietly dismantling their restrictions on free trade. In some cases (e.g., Benelux) controls have been removed on almost 90% of all dollar imports. The vast sterling area, which accounts...