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Writing in the Satevepost, William D. Hassett, a White House secretary under Franklin D. Roosevelt, quotes his own diary to reflect F.D.R.'s bitter-sweet reaction to a bouncing visitor during World War II: "May 27, 1943: Churchill has concluded a fortnight's visit ... It must be a relief to the Boss, for Churchill is a trying guest sometimes-irregular routine -works nights-sleeps days-turns the clock upside down...
...both masters noted that the general criterion for allowing freedom in either case is whether the action involved will reflect on the University...
...magnificent potential that I have bothered to criticize it. If the Student Council's committee has any valid criticism, it certainly should take them up with the proper authorities, but not enter upon a course of action which will not only materially injure the Seminar, but also will reflect to the lasting discredit of the Student Council...
Misty-eyed defenders of Guatemala's party-lining government regularly point out that, after all, there are really only four Communists among the country's 64 Congressmen. But does that modest statistic truly reflect the extent of Communist penetration and power? Not by the length of Marx's beard-as two deputies to Congress demonstrated last week...
...make their basic political judgments on moral grounds. All U.S. leaders recognize this fact and describe the struggle with Communism in moral terms. There are two ways in which Dulles, on this point, differs from Truman and Acheson: 1) he is clearer about it, and 2) his practical policies reflect the greater clarity...