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...Midway in the conference came a blockbuster: Was a Soviet attack on the U.S. possible, even imminent? "Oh, for goodness' sake," he exploded, "of course, anything is possible in this world in which we live . . . but I say this: the likelihood that any nation possessing these great weapons of massive destruction would use them in an attack grows less, I think, every year. I believe that as their understanding of them grows, then the less the chance that they would go on an adventure that brought these things into play, because, as I see it, any such operation today...
...measure of all things-the sentimental tradition of the Enlightenment. But he is far too intelligent and sensitive to accept the Enlightenment's shallow optimism and Utopian illusions about the human condition. On the other hand, he cannot move in the opposite direction towards religion. He is frozen midway. He accepts the Christian insight into the nature of evil, but rejects the rest of Christian theology. Every line of his book argues the need for religion, but he cannot accept God, even though his notion of original sin seems to postulate the existence...
...presentation speech was delivered briefly and succintly by Mr. Fred C. Sze '18, Harvard Club of Shanghai. Midway in his speech he said, "I would not have done justice to this occasion if I should fail to tell you that the benign influence of Harvard has spread to the far shores of Cathay." He went on to say, "At one time it was even whispered in Nanking that a so-called Harvard clique was active in Chinese politics. Clique or no clique, I can assure you the fair name of Harvard was not blemished in any way, shape or manner...
...varsity hockey team went into undisputed first place in the Ivy League tonight at Davis Rink by inundating second place Dartmouth with five goals in the first seven minutes of play, waiting till the tough Green defense got tired, and then pouring in three more scores midway through the third period. The final score...
Actually, until midway through this last period, it was a good game for the Crimson fans to watch. Coach Cooney Weiland's sextet matched the power performance (7 to 0) it put on against the same opponents last Saturday, and at times looked even better...