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...Harvard can't teach everything and do a good job." Putting that principle into operation in 1948 started an academic war over the field of geography. The Administration withdrew a permanent appointment that had been announced for the geography staff...
...cases went through the line in a hurry, David mumbled a short prayer and in thirty seconds they had had it. A deaf woman got the full treatment, however--after five minutes of incantation she was able to repeat Mommy and Daddy then promptly broke into hysterics. Little David withdrew silently and the crowd filed out down the stairs...
...officer in command, Major Kenneth Muir, moved among his men, cheering them on. U.S. planes flew over to lend a hand. But the air strike was short of the target, fell instead on Muir's men. When it was over, only 30 effectives remained. The demoralized men withdrew down the hillside. Then, undaunted Major Muir said: "I'll take them up again, and this time we'll stay...
...Ouden ordered ammunition given to the strangers. Their leader thanked him. The 40 men withdrew a few yards, loaded their weapons, then whirled and fired into the stunned Dutch. An enemy mortar barrage joined in, blasted the U.N. position. A vicious street fight broke out. When the action was over, Colonel den Ouden and many of his staff lay dead...
Mather had originally been scheduled to speak at a Syracuse inter-faith banquet last night. He withdrew after he learned that Father Gannon Ryan, leader of the Catholic denomination at the University and alumni were urging Charles Noble. Syracuse Dean, to cancel the Mather appearance...