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Leading members of the Law School pin-pointed newly named New York Federal Court of Appeals Judge John Harlan, as the most likely candidate for appointment to the vacancy in the United States Supreme Court...
Cambridge's gallant police force guarded both the people and the polls yesterday, but only through the kindness of the men in pin-striped suits who wield the city's power. With their colorful ties carefully knotted, the City Councilmen trouped into their meeting this Monday for a pre-election fan-fare. Also on hand was Police Chief Patrick F. Ready, who settled into his chair as the meeting came to order...
Premier Shigeru Yoshida, a barnacle-encrusted politician of 76, packed his beloved haori, hakama and tabi (ceremonial jacket, loose pants, split-toed white socks), put on his dark pin-stripe suit and wing collar, and whisked out to Tokyo's airport this week to begin a grand tour of North America and Europe...
...Murphy meant them, these sentences are not at all contradictory. The knowledge of Communism to which he refers is the kind held by every homegrown demagogue who can "spot a Red when he sees one" and is quick to pin the label on even some of the ones he can't see. But the more responsible agencies of government long ago recognized the extent to which they must rely on the academic world for a knowledge of the strengths and weaknesses of the nation's enemies. Symbols of this policy, begun long before World War II, are institutions such...
Most such movies about the FBI fall into a tiresome pattern. The criminals are incredible dabs at their work and the Federal agents are clean-cut, pin-stripey, night-school types of horrifying efficiency, who nevertheless have gentle eyes and a remote, dentist-like way of soothing frazzled women. From such pictures one would never guess that FBI men are policemen after all, just doing a dirty job well. For that they certainly deserve respect, but hardly all the candy hearts and artificial flowers...