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...Kremlin. Dulles is known for his unchanging distrust of Communist promises. "Dulles," said England's liberal Manchester Guardian, "is creating for himself something of the reputation of a professional anti-Soviet, someone to whom every action by the Soviet government appears suspect or worse by reason of its origin rather than by its nature. That is a reputation which no one who is responsible for America's foreign relations can afford...
...court might construe the photograph requirement as an "inquiry concerning the race, religion, color, or national origin of a person seeking admission" and declare it contrary to the law. But, before the state hails Harvard into court, or, waving a moral banner, brow-beats the University into submission, it should inquire into the real reasons for the "inquiry." It would find that the admissions office does use information from the photographs for discriminatory purposes. Discrimination, however, is in favor of the so-called underprivileged groups whose welfare was the original pretext for the FEPA...
...passed in 1949, states, "It shall be an unfair educational practice for an educational institution . . . to cause to be made any written or oral inquiry concerning the race, religion, color, or national origin of a person seeking admission." Harvard usually has requested photographs from applicants to all sections of the University...
...party" and of biting the hand that fed him. "How could Liu Shao Tang, a young man brought up in the new society all the way, and educated by the Communist Party, nevertheless degenerate to such an extent?" cried one party leader. The writers' conclusion: class origin. Said a party spokesman with obvious relief: "Liu was raised in a rotten landlord family; his mind was inscribed with words like 'Bring honor to your ancestors.' " Liu, decided the party, had become a person "mercenary from head to toe," and-pending repentance-all publishers would refuse...
...armed forces and other elite groups ... A French student who attended Moscow University in 1948 and a German student who enrolled at Leningrad University in 1953 estimated that some 50% of the student body were of such background while well under 10% were distinctly of working-class origin...