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After war, Fairbank returned to Harvard to gather together a few ex-G.I.'s from the Pacific theater as students and make the small beginning in Asian regional studies. "Our motto was 'Quo Vadis,' Benjamin Schwartz, now professor of History and Government one of the ex-G.I.'s, says, "It was a risky venture. Before World War II the study of China was considered a risky enterprise. His (Fairbank's) hope at that time was that most of us would go into government." But instead they spread out to other universities, in fifteen years populating most...
...this situation is, the U.S. prefers it to resumption of the open conflict that rent the country before the 1962 Geneva settlement; the Communists also prefer the status quo to any upset that would enlarge the Southeast Asian war and perhaps bring U.S. troops into Laos. If Souvanna Phouma were to fall, both sides would find it extremely difficult to agree on a successor. An impasse might cause the Red bloc to recognize Pathet Lao Leader Prince Souphanouvong, Souvanna's half brother, as the ruler of Laos-thus almost certainly thrusting Laos directly into open...
Nothing will change in the Harvard lineup, as Coach Cooney Weiland is keeping a winning combination. The most notable status in the quo is goalie Bill Fitzsimmons. A two-time Ivy All-Ivy honorable mention, the senior netminder warmed the bench from the year's second game until last week, with sophomore Bill Diercks getting the starting assignments...
...degree for admission, and granting only a degree of the same nature at the end of the three years' course." But the university administration refused to abandon the bachelor's degree, and vetoed the law faculty's decision. For the Big Three, the status quo is now almost a matter of quaint pride...
...decision, upholding what most bankers have long considered to be the status quo, will re-stabilize bank competition in the 22 states (including Utah) that limit bank branching in various ways. Sixteen other states prohibit all branch banks. Only twelve states allow unlimited branches...