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...students complaining about oppression," lamented Diffenderfer, "were sleeping in beds provided by American money, using equipment bought by American money, and reading books bought with American money." Diffenderfer said one student had said to him: "I dislike the U.S. and propose to publish a newspaper attacking the U.S.," and had then asked: "Will the foundation lend me the money?" Diffenderfer replied: "If you're coming to shoot me, why should I give you a gun?" "To prove," answered the student, "that you really do believe in free speech, as you claim...
...Tokyo the Exchange Student Association, an informal group of students who have studied abroad, decided to publish a few words of wisdom for the benefit of the 1,000 young Japanese who will spend next year in the U.S. Sample advice to the girls: "When an American man starts behaving wickedly to you, don't hesitate to slap him in the face. This works instantly in the Land of Ladies First." Advice to the men: "It's ladies first, of course, when you enter a car or a door or sit down. But on a stairway, be sure...
...Japan, where rain is sometimes really radioactive, a new term, "radiation neurosis" (hoshano noirozeh) has been coined to express a state of extreme nervousness which affects many Japanese after U.S., Soviet and British bomb tests. In understandably jittery Hiroshima, welfare agencies publish bulletins after each rain to assure the citizens that it is not dangerous. In Osaka schoolchildren are told to wear plastic raincoats with hoods. One school held drills to teach the children how to hold their umbrellas so that their hands and faces would not get spattered. Policemen in Itami demanded plastic gloves because their service raincoats...
...Philadelphians know of the low esteem in which they are held by the New York press -which pleases us no end. But you can't publish so-called portraits of our Robby on your cover and say such nasty things about our Phillies and their fans without getting a few brickbats in return...
...penalties are laid down for newsmen who publish anything that the government feels lessens the Turkish public's regard for the state, its political and financial reputation. If a paper publishes or even hints at news from any meeting closed to the public, it can be shut down for as long as three months-and nobody on its staff may write for another publication during the shutdown. Persons attacked in a paper can demand twice as much space for rebuttal. Even newsboys are forbidden to shout any news that indirectly causes "doubts" about the government...