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Falange's emergence from several years in the shadows. Spain's Dictator Franco rules by a shrewd playing off of three groups: army, church and party. When the Nazis and Fascists rode high, Generalissimo Francisco Franco let his Falange ride high. When Hitler and Mussolini were beaten, Franco discouraged the Falange's Fascist salute and uniformed parades, hoping thereby to gain a little credit with the victors of World War II. After a long, wily fight, his strategy paid off. He signed a concordat with the Vatican, a great gain for the church. (Last week Spain...
...issue in today's election is whether Cambridge will retain proportional representation. In a shrewd political move, the anti-PR faction has succeeded in having the ballot printed in a manner that is designed to confuse the voter. If a voter favors PR, he must vote NO. If he wants to see it abolished, he votes...
...restlessly and may soon welcome back the color and thunder of plurality election along with its usual bedfellows: controlled primaries and greedy machines. Board with the lackluster of businesslike management, and desiring "more American, majority control" voters may kill proportional representation at the citywide election next Tuesday. As one shrewd local observer notes...
...steady stream of undisguised hints wash away any trace of suspense. Against a background of urban England, Oliver, as Edward Bare, plays a limey opportunist who, for a chance to travel abroad, kills one wife and marries a second. A sharp voice for his uneducated but shrewd conceit, the facial expressions which change with the varying moods of flattery and hate, and the complete lack of human warmth all combine to make Bare a wonderful villain. It is this performance which is primarily responsible for keeping the play moving, for he is on the stage almost all the time...
Because of the neighborhood's changed atmosphere-and because of the shrewd and kindly efforts of the school's principal, a direct, distinguished-looking Negro woman named Margaret Douglas-politeness, cleanliness and the will to study are the vogue at P.S. 133. The school is so overcrowded that pupils attend in two shifts. But the children are sent to school in clean dresses, clean white shirts (and bow ties) and seem to be scrubbed daily within an inch of their lives. They work "like little angels." "In years to come," says Mrs. Douglas proudly, "these children are going...