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...your Feb. 9 article on my book, The Privilege Was Mine: I should be very happy indeed with your review, had you not reproached me for Russian nationalism. My greatest wish is to see Hungary, Poland, etc., regain their independence, but neither in Moscow during the Budapest uprisal, nor afterward was I optimistic enough to believe that the Soviets would surrender (without a new World War) a system on which they think reposes their very existence. Who could expect the masters of the Kremlin to act differently in this crisis...
...court receiver. Charged SEC: Jacobs Co. assets were being "dissipated, misused and alienated," and Guterma was "deliberately walking out" on loan obligations he backed with Jacobs Co. stock. This ploy, alleged SEC, forced the moneylenders who had accepted Jacobs stock as collateral for loans to sell it to regain their funds...
...also run a player-conditioning program during spring training for the Cincinnati Redlegs. ¶ Australia's talented batsmen had no trouble at all surpassing England's 510 runs in their second innings without losing a wicket, won their third of the best-of-five test matches to regain the Ashes, symbol of cricket supremacy between the two nations since 1882. Wailed London's Daily Mail: "The worst and most humiliating failure by an English overseas team for many a decade." ¶In Boston, Air Force Lieut. Bill Dellinger, 25-year-old University of Oregon graduate, took advantage...
...plan currently under consideration would set up a compulsory senior tutorial on a cross-departmental basis and would allow non-Honors Seniors the option of writing a long essay and taking a general examination to regain Honors standing. Perkins described the plan as "providing a more respectable cum laude than the one in General Studies...
...Crimson track team will attempt to regain the winning touch this afternoon against a tough Dartmouth squad at Hanover. In its second dual meet of the season, the varsity will have to overcome injuries to key men as it tries to reverse the trend of recent weeks...