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...framers of our foreign policy have diligently consulted the past. Washington's Farewell Address and Monroe's Doctrine have been found to mean one thing at one time and another at another time. Sacred text has been found to sanction isolationism and, within a very brief interval, interventionism and internationalism as well . . ." Meanwhile, the Lincoln legend has been bent to accommodate almost every shade of opinion. "At the same time [that] the Communists were claiming him, Lincoln was also hailed as patron saint by the Vegetarians, the Socialists, the Prohibitionists, and a proponent of Union...
...first importance not only to have proper procedures established but also that there should be appropriate sanctions to make these procedures effective ... The most effective sanction in the long run would be a provision which would relieve the witness from any obligation to testify ... when the procedures are not followed...
Once such technicalities have been arranged the final seating plan will go once and for all to the Faculty Committee on Athletics for official sanction...
...What many a hospital patient has known for many years, that the bedpan is more trouble than it's worth, won official medical sanction. "It requires twice as much energy to use it as it does to walk to the bathroom," said Manhattan's Dr. Howard A. Rusk, rehabilitation expert. Also, taking a shower consumes four times as much energy as using...
...recognition only sanctions the group's legitimate activities. Since any so-called "scouting" would be done secretly, the question of recognition is unimportant here. Official sanction is wanted to lend emphasis to the club's statements. The aegis of the Harvard Conservative League is far more newsworthy outside the University than an individual's name...