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Corks & Coexistence. On his own, Bulganin has at times surprised Western diplomats by his uninhibited outspokenness. Once, when the other committeemen were out of town, he accepted a toast to the Soviet government: "I can drink to that. Tonight, I am the Soviet government." Bulganin's pet refrain since he started partygoing has been that the Soviet Union is determined to avoid war. "Down with war," he shouted at a recent reception. "I say that as commanding general of all the armed forces of the Soviet Union." Later, a champagne cork popped loudly, and Bulganin quickly added...
...officers who received the form, the check list would make him turn down virtually all reporters' requests for information. Under fire for the check list and his fuzzy policies, Honaman got himself into even hotter water with the press by suggesting that editors should voluntarily refrain from publishing any information that they thought might be helpful to the Russians, even if it was not classified...
...that swept up the distressed workers of Detroit two decades ago. Ford workers average $106 weekly; economic desperation no longer harasses the men for reasons beyond their ken. Union conventions, once rough and fiery, now seem like Rotary meetings. In 1945 the G.M. strike began with the class-struggle refrain, Solidarity Forever. This month's strike threat brought forth, instead, over the U.A.W. radio program, a comic song directed at Henry Ford II: Dance With Me, Henry...
...result of complaints from freshmen, the Union Committee issued a plea last night urging constituents to refrain from violence against the two bomb-throwers, who were apprehended Sunday night. They left the University yesterday. The Administration had no official comment...
...wish to join its group; their analysis this morning proved very penetrating. To continue with this narrative about two minutes later a young man attired in a pair of army fatigues appeared at the door prepared obviously to defy the ultimatum. Having been asked once again if he would refrain from disturbing the lecture, he pointed a drill at Professor Schlesinger and began to turn it in a manner which I assumed to point out more clearly his complete superiority and utter disdain. I do feel very sorry for that boy; he could not have realized what a foolish thing...