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...direct conflict, the U.N. can do nothing more than attempt to conciliate. But where only small powers are involved, it is possible to limit if not to prevent war, provided the Big Five concur. Working through the U.N. . . . fixes the fact that the Soviet Union has a solemn responsibility for the prevention of war. It is the part of wisdom not to have the Soviet Union operating from the outside and with a free hand, publicly accountable...
...length away from Gruenther stood Premier Mollet, solemn in black Homburg. When it came his turn to speak, he seized the occasion to pledge anew his government's dedication to the NATO alliance. "I need not repeat to you," he said, "that France will re-establish at the very earliest possible moment the full strength of her contribution to the common defense on continental soil...
...undergraduate becomes clear in an excerpt from a poem entitled "The Rebellion," written by a student in memory of the Riot of 1819: "But Oh! the Sophs! their frantic yells Were louder far than lecture bells They form'd a ring about the Tree, And to this solemn oath agree: 'By This Almighty Plant, we swear. 'We will not flinch a single hair 'Until the laws of College rot, 'And government is sent...
...most part, the debate was solemn and deeply thoughtful. The most eloquent of the abolitionists was yellow-haired Bevanite Sydney Silverman, whose sarcastic, extreme left-wing speeches usually irritate the House; in this debate he heard a rare cheer as he urged "free men, free women, free Members of Parliament in a free society to wipe this dark stain from our statute books...
...whose position under the Queen gives him the final say in matters of criminal life or death. Himself once an ardent abolitionist, Lloyd-George lowered his eyes like a man condemned, as he outlined the government's position. "In taking life," he said, "the state performs its most solemn function . . . There can be no Home Secretary who would not be thankful to be relieved of this terrible burden. [But] if there is reason to think that without capital punishment there might be more murder, then capital punishment should be retained." In this negative way was the government...