Word: less
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Angry Joker? Dr. Tsiang suggested that the matter of whether he was officially present should be taken up at a special meeting. But Malik said that any meeting with Tsiang was a "parody." Then Malik (having less difficulty than Alice had had with her flamingo) tucked his papers under his arm and stalked out. He did not even wait to hear the translation of his speech into French and English. For all he knew (officially), a majority of the Council members would agree with him when they learned what...
...other respects, too, the race was off to a slow start. Beginning Feb. 3, announced the already nationalized British Broadcasting Corp., all political jokes would be banned. Three days after Attlee had set the election date, Britons were being subjected to far less electioneering than they had been the week before. The campaign probably would not get rolling again until early February...
...Last week Old Sphinx Havenga took issue with the Premier. "With world opinion against us," he warned, "it is not wise or practical at the present stage to take away any of the rights which have been given to non-Europeans." As leader of the Afrikaner Party, a small, less stridently chauvinistic ally of Malan's Nationalists, Havenga holds the balance of power in the government. He used it to force a slowdown in the racial program. Among other things, Malan had planned to deprive 800,000 Cape Coloreds (mixed bloods) of constitutional voting and representation rights. Faced with...
...what statements, we wonder, does Mr. Hoover have in mind that are "so untrue and legally unsound" that he is forced to conclude "they were motivated for the purpose of confusing the public?" Mr. Hoover's own statement asserts that "the FBI has less than 170 telephone taps in existence, confined to internal security cases throughout the entire United States and its possessions." The tapping of 170 telephones can involve the private conversations of a great many individuals who do not in the least imperil internal security. Moreover the Communications Act does not authorize the tapping of 170 telephones...
Valpey came to Harvard in 1948 and compiled a four win, four less record during his first season here. Last year, however, the bottom dropped out of the Crimson pigskin market and the team racked up but one victory as against eight defeats...