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Cunning Men. It took Dewey three ballots to regain the nomination in 1948 over Ohio's Robert Taft, Minnesota's Harold Stassen, Michigan's Arthur Vandenberg and California's Earl Warren-and the nomination was considered tantamount to election. The nation seemed weary of the frenetic days of New Deal innovation and the burdens of war and postwar readjustment. Harry Truman was a feeble contrast to the fallen F.D.R., and the Democratic Party was split (Strom Thurmond had deserted to run as a right-wing candidate, Henry Wallace as a left-wing challenger). Voters yearned...
...dispute between Montagnards and Mrs. Nguyen Ky over claims to 3,700 acres in another Central Highland province was reported by A. P. in January. Mrs. Ky says the land is "public domain" while the Montagnards argue they should regain the land after it is retaken from the Viet Cong...
...classroom. After the worst inflation in 20 years, retail sales do riot indicate that consumers are spending every cent they get. Just as business is being given a tax decrease in the form of accelerated depreciation, so also should consumers get a tax cut. Then they will regain their confidence and start spending again...
Mechanical problems and an elusive judge may have cost Cahalan valuable points, however, as he sought to regain the title he earned in his sophomore year...
After disquieting loss to Penn last Saturday, the Crimson fencing team has an excellent opportunity this weekend to regain a positive, winning attitude when it faces Rutgers tonight and Princeton tomorrow afternoon. Both matches are to be held in New Jersey. "I hope that the loss against Penn will be the last one of the season," Crimson coach Edo Marion said yesterday...