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...short run, the Soviet system can succeed, Conant stated, and "we must not underestimate the immediate technological power of Russia. But for the long pull, the verdict of history may well be otherwise...
Even the Flying Concellos, who have been flying through Camel ads as long as most of us have been walking--even the Concellos are thinking up new ideas. They now pull the pants off one of their troupe, as high off the ground as the 90c tickets...
...general is in the U.S. now. He can do anything he pleases without the slightest interference from his Commander in Chief. Does the same thing apply to General Whitney? That seems to be the case, cracked Harry Truman, with a look of mock despair. He has strings he could pull to restrain both generals, said the President, but he isn't going to use them...
Said a front-line officer, after three days of fighting: "They attack, and we shoot them down. Then we pull back, and they have to do it all over again. They have no tanks and no airplanes, and we've been killing their infantry like flies." Said another officer: "They're spending people the way we spend ammunition...
...Verdict. In the mounting ruckus, calmness and common sense were lost. By last week the Kappa Alpha fraternity had threatened to pull out of Rollins en masse unless Wagner resigned. Someone put a "For Sale" sign in front of Wagner's house as an unmistakable hint. Some seniors demanded that ex-President Holt hand out their diplomas rather than Wagner. _ And even Hamilton Holt, Wagner's original sponsor, reversing himself, lent his powerful voice to the anti-Wagner camp...