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...Russians accused the Australians of "slander" for calling Petrov a spy, and in the next, demanded his immediate return as a swindler and embezzler. Unable to get back the documents delivered to Australia by Petrov, the departing staff at Canberra's Russian embassy spent their last hours getting rid of other information that might prove valuable to the West. Black smoke belched from the embassy chimneys as files went into fireplaces, and on the embassy lawn a Russian stood guard with a hose over a bonfire, not hesitating to turn a full stream of water into the face...
Then, in 1907, the Harvard Alumni Association took over sponsorship of the Bulletin from the Athletic Association of Harvard Graduates, and the switch, in the words of Greene, "rid the Bulletin of even the shadow of control by athletic interests...
Although the Associated States are now virtually independent, the issue of colonialism remains the trump card in the Communist pack. As long as the Viet-Minh can claim that they are the only group fighting to rid Indo-China of French influence, they have a tremendous psychological advantage. The inescapable conclusion is that France will receive full Viet-Nam support only if it cuts even the last remaining strings that bind the Associated States to the French Union. Naturally, if this is done, the French will lose much of their will to continue fighting. Seven years of jungle war have...
With a $23.5 million check, Multimillionaire Howard Hughes last week rid himself of a pack of vociferously unhappy stockholders, and, for all practical purposes, became the nation's only sole owner of a major motion-picture studio. The check to RKO Pictures Corp. concluded Hughes's deal to buy all RKO assets. Two obstacles to the purchase were cleared as courts in Wilmington, Del. and Las Vegas, Nev. dismissed stockholders' suits to prevent the sale on the ground that the price was too low and the company was mismanaged...
Goaded by professional critics like Senator McCarthy and facing the challenge of an election year, the Administration now feels that it must actively push its program to rid the country of the Communist menace. Friday evening, Attorney General Brownell offered what he termed a "new and powerful" program of legislation. But on closer examination, it seems that the Administration has offered some innovations which are hardly new at all, and others which would only serve to undermine the foundations of personal liberty...