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For, after leaving the Army in 1956, I spent five years in Graduate School first at Boston College and then at the University of Toronto. | spent | {
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This time, added to that which I had already spent in school prior to my induction in 1954, makes a total of twenty-two ( 22 ) years of education. | spent | {
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This time, added to that which I had already spent in school prior to my induction in 1954, makes a total of twenty-two ( 22 ) years of education. | makes | {
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The possibility of recall into the Army is part of the price that a modern American has to pay for the enviable heritage of liberty which he enjoys. | is | {
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The possibility of recall into the Army is part of the price that a modern American has to pay for the enviable heritage of liberty which he enjoys. | pay | {
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The possibility of recall into the Army is part of the price that a modern American has to pay for the enviable heritage of liberty which he enjoys. | enjoys | {
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With this no loyal citizen can quarrel. | quarrel | {
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However, it seems axiomatic that the government has an obligation `` to exercise its mandate reasonably, equitably and with full regard for the disruptions which it inevitably causes ''. | seems | {
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However, it seems axiomatic that the government has an obligation `` to exercise its mandate reasonably, equitably and with full regard for the disruptions which it inevitably causes ''. | has | {
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However, it seems axiomatic that the government has an obligation `` to exercise its mandate reasonably, equitably and with full regard for the disruptions which it inevitably causes ''. | exercise | {
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However, it seems axiomatic that the government has an obligation `` to exercise its mandate reasonably, equitably and with full regard for the disruptions which it inevitably causes ''. | causes | {
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In my own case, I submit that such reasonable and fair exercise is woefully lacking. | submit | {
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In my own case, I submit that such reasonable and fair exercise is woefully lacking. | is | {
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Taken back into the Army now as an Sp 4, I am leaving 110 college students whose teacher I am. | Taken back | {
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Taken back into the Army now as an Sp 4, I am leaving 110 college students whose teacher I am. | leaving | {
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Taken back into the Army now as an Sp 4, I am leaving 110 college students whose teacher I am. | am | {
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( A wry sidelight on this is that most of my students have deferments from the draft in order to attend my classes. ) | is | {
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( A wry sidelight on this is that most of my students have deferments from the draft in order to attend my classes. ) | have | {
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( A wry sidelight on this is that most of my students have deferments from the draft in order to attend my classes. ) | attend | {
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At this late date, it is impossible for St. Michael 's College to find a suitable replacement for me. | is | {
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At this late date, it is impossible for St. Michael 's College to find a suitable replacement for me. | find | {
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Even apart from the fact that now at the age of 31 my personal life is being totally disrupted for the second time for no very compelling reason - I cannot help looking around at the black leather jacket brigades standing idly on the street corners and in the taverns of every American city and asking myself if our soci... | disrupted | {
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Even apart from the fact that now at the age of 31 my personal life is being totally disrupted for the second time for no very compelling reason - I cannot help looking around at the black leather jacket brigades standing idly on the street corners and in the taverns of every American city and asking myself if our soci... | help | {
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Even apart from the fact that now at the age of 31 my personal life is being totally disrupted for the second time for no very compelling reason - I cannot help looking around at the black leather jacket brigades standing idly on the street corners and in the taverns of every American city and asking myself if our soci... | looking around | {
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Even apart from the fact that now at the age of 31 my personal life is being totally disrupted for the second time for no very compelling reason - I cannot help looking around at the black leather jacket brigades standing idly on the street corners and in the taverns of every American city and asking myself if our soci... | standing | {
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Even apart from the fact that now at the age of 31 my personal life is being totally disrupted for the second time for no very compelling reason - I cannot help looking around at the black leather jacket brigades standing idly on the street corners and in the taverns of every American city and asking myself if our soci... | asking | {
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Even apart from the fact that now at the age of 31 my personal life is being totally disrupted for the second time for no very compelling reason - I cannot help looking around at the black leather jacket brigades standing idly on the street corners and in the taverns of every American city and asking myself if our soci... | gone | {
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In news broadcasts I consistently hear the foreign volunteers fighting in the Katanga Army referred to as mercenaries. | hear | {
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In news broadcasts I consistently hear the foreign volunteers fighting in the Katanga Army referred to as mercenaries. | fighting | {
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In news broadcasts I consistently hear the foreign volunteers fighting in the Katanga Army referred to as mercenaries. | referred | {
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This confuses me no end. | confuses | {
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If the Hessian troops sent here willy-nilly by the Hessian Government to fight for England in the 1770 's were mercenaries, what shall we call the UN troops sent to the Congo willy-nilly by their governments to fight for the United Nations? | sent | {
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If the Hessian troops sent here willy-nilly by the Hessian Government to fight for England in the 1770 's were mercenaries, what shall we call the UN troops sent to the Congo willy-nilly by their governments to fight for the United Nations? | fight | {
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If the Hessian troops sent here willy-nilly by the Hessian Government to fight for England in the 1770 's were mercenaries, what shall we call the UN troops sent to the Congo willy-nilly by their governments to fight for the United Nations? | were | {
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If the Hessian troops sent here willy-nilly by the Hessian Government to fight for England in the 1770 's were mercenaries, what shall we call the UN troops sent to the Congo willy-nilly by their governments to fight for the United Nations? | call | {
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If the Hessian troops sent here willy-nilly by the Hessian Government to fight for England in the 1770 's were mercenaries, what shall we call the UN troops sent to the Congo willy-nilly by their governments to fight for the United Nations? | sent | {
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If the Hessian troops sent here willy-nilly by the Hessian Government to fight for England in the 1770 's were mercenaries, what shall we call the UN troops sent to the Congo willy-nilly by their governments to fight for the United Nations? | fight | {
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If the UN troops are not mercenaries then the Hessians were not mercenaries either. | are | {
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If the UN troops are not mercenaries then the Hessians were not mercenaries either. | were | {
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And if the foreigners fighting in the Katanga Army are mercenaries then Lafayette and von Steuben were mercenaries too, as were also the members of the Lafayette Escadrille in the early part of World War 1, and of Chennault 's Flying Tigers in the early days of World War 2,. | fighting | {
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And if the foreigners fighting in the Katanga Army are mercenaries then Lafayette and von Steuben were mercenaries too, as were also the members of the Lafayette Escadrille in the early part of World War 1, and of Chennault 's Flying Tigers in the early days of World War 2,. | are | {
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And if the foreigners fighting in the Katanga Army are mercenaries then Lafayette and von Steuben were mercenaries too, as were also the members of the Lafayette Escadrille in the early part of World War 1, and of Chennault 's Flying Tigers in the early days of World War 2,. | were | {
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And if the foreigners fighting in the Katanga Army are mercenaries then Lafayette and von Steuben were mercenaries too, as were also the members of the Lafayette Escadrille in the early part of World War 1, and of Chennault 's Flying Tigers in the early days of World War 2,. | were | {
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It does n't take a Gore Vidal to tell you what 's wrong with Cherokee Textile 's slogan [ `` Pitney-Bowes Objects '', July 1 ]. | take | {
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It does n't take a Gore Vidal to tell you what 's wrong with Cherokee Textile 's slogan [ `` Pitney-Bowes Objects '', July 1 ]. | tell | {
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It 's an eighteenth-century negative, man! | 's | {
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Suggest the following twenty-first-century amendment : | Suggest | {
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By moving the term `` Republic '' to lower case, substituting the modern phrase `` move ahead '' for the stodgy `` keep '', and by using the Postmaster 's name on every envelope ( in caps, of course, with the `` in spite '' as faded as possible ), the slogan cannot fail. | moving | {
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By moving the term `` Republic '' to lower case, substituting the modern phrase `` move ahead '' for the stodgy `` keep '', and by using the Postmaster 's name on every envelope ( in caps, of course, with the `` in spite '' as faded as possible ), the slogan cannot fail. | substituting | {
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By moving the term `` Republic '' to lower case, substituting the modern phrase `` move ahead '' for the stodgy `` keep '', and by using the Postmaster 's name on every envelope ( in caps, of course, with the `` in spite '' as faded as possible ), the slogan cannot fail. | move | {
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By moving the term `` Republic '' to lower case, substituting the modern phrase `` move ahead '' for the stodgy `` keep '', and by using the Postmaster 's name on every envelope ( in caps, of course, with the `` in spite '' as faded as possible ), the slogan cannot fail. | keep | {
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By moving the term `` Republic '' to lower case, substituting the modern phrase `` move ahead '' for the stodgy `` keep '', and by using the Postmaster 's name on every envelope ( in caps, of course, with the `` in spite '' as faded as possible ), the slogan cannot fail. | using | {
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By moving the term `` Republic '' to lower case, substituting the modern phrase `` move ahead '' for the stodgy `` keep '', and by using the Postmaster 's name on every envelope ( in caps, of course, with the `` in spite '' as faded as possible ), the slogan cannot fail. | fail | {
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In the issue of March 5, 1960 you had an excellent editorial which said : | had | {
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In the issue of March 5, 1960 you had an excellent editorial which said : | said | {
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`` On trial in Jakarta for having flown for the Indonesian anti-Communist insurgents, U. S. pilot Alan Lawrence Pope boldly told the court that in supporting the freedom fighters, he was actually defending the sovereignty and independence of Indonesia. | flown | {
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`` On trial in Jakarta for having flown for the Indonesian anti-Communist insurgents, U. S. pilot Alan Lawrence Pope boldly told the court that in supporting the freedom fighters, he was actually defending the sovereignty and independence of Indonesia. | told | {
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`` On trial in Jakarta for having flown for the Indonesian anti-Communist insurgents, U. S. pilot Alan Lawrence Pope boldly told the court that in supporting the freedom fighters, he was actually defending the sovereignty and independence of Indonesia. | supporting | {
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`` On trial in Jakarta for having flown for the Indonesian anti-Communist insurgents, U. S. pilot Alan Lawrence Pope boldly told the court that in supporting the freedom fighters, he was actually defending the sovereignty and independence of Indonesia. | defending | {
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Facing a prosecution which has demanded the death penalty, he said : ' I have participated in the war against Communism in Korea and at Dienbienphu, and I have helped in the evacuation of North Vietnamese to the free world. | Facing | {
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Facing a prosecution which has demanded the death penalty, he said : ' I have participated in the war against Communism in Korea and at Dienbienphu, and I have helped in the evacuation of North Vietnamese to the free world. | demanded | {
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Facing a prosecution which has demanded the death penalty, he said : ' I have participated in the war against Communism in Korea and at Dienbienphu, and I have helped in the evacuation of North Vietnamese to the free world. | said | {
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Facing a prosecution which has demanded the death penalty, he said : ' I have participated in the war against Communism in Korea and at Dienbienphu, and I have helped in the evacuation of North Vietnamese to the free world. | participated | {
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Facing a prosecution which has demanded the death penalty, he said : ' I have participated in the war against Communism in Korea and at Dienbienphu, and I have helped in the evacuation of North Vietnamese to the free world. | helped | {
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I have done all this for the freedom of the individuals concerned and also for the states which have been threatened by Communist domination '. | done | {
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I have done all this for the freedom of the individuals concerned and also for the states which have been threatened by Communist domination '. | threatened | {
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At least in Indonesia, Khrushchev found an American proud to be at total war with Communism ''! | found | {
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At least in Indonesia, Khrushchev found an American proud to be at total war with Communism ''! | be | {
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Since then nothing has happened to save the life of Pope. | happened | {
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Since then nothing has happened to save the life of Pope. | save | {
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I found recently a very small article in the New York Times : | found | {
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`` U. S. Flier loses Plea. | loses | {
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Indonesia Court Upholds Pope 's Death Sentence. | Upholds | {
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- Indonesia Military Supreme Court has confirmed the death sentence passed on Alan Lawrence Pope, an American pilot. | confirmed | {
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- Indonesia Military Supreme Court has confirmed the death sentence passed on Alan Lawrence Pope, an American pilot. | passed | {
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Pope was convicted last year of having aided North Celebes rebels by flying bombing missions. | convicted | {
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Pope was convicted last year of having aided North Celebes rebels by flying bombing missions. | aided | {
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Pope was convicted last year of having aided North Celebes rebels by flying bombing missions. | flying | {
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He has been in prison since May, 1958, when his aircraft was shot down over Moluccas. | been | {
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He has been in prison since May, 1958, when his aircraft was shot down over Moluccas. | shot down | {
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As we see, Pope may appeal to President Sukarno, Khrushchev 's friend, for clemency. | see | {
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This possibility is anything but reassuring. | is | {
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The Eleanor Roosevelt Tractor Committee acts on behalf of the Cuban freedom fighters. | acts | {
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But who will act now and immediately to save the life of Alan Pope? | act | {
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But who will act now and immediately to save the life of Alan Pope? | save | {
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Are tractors available for him? | Are | {
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Does anybody think of saving the life of an anti-Communist American pilot? | think of | {
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Does anybody think of saving the life of an anti-Communist American pilot? | saving | {
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A few days before I saw your mention of what Texas Liberals were doing to promote `` Louis Capet '' [ `` The Week '', June 3 ], another analogy had occurred to me. | saw | {
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A few days before I saw your mention of what Texas Liberals were doing to promote `` Louis Capet '' [ `` The Week '', June 3 ], another analogy had occurred to me. | doing | {
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A few days before I saw your mention of what Texas Liberals were doing to promote `` Louis Capet '' [ `` The Week '', June 3 ], another analogy had occurred to me. | promote | {
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A few days before I saw your mention of what Texas Liberals were doing to promote `` Louis Capet '' [ `` The Week '', June 3 ], another analogy had occurred to me. | occurred | {
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Consider this table : | Consider | {
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`` With no strong men and no parliament to dispute his will, he was the government ''. | dispute | {
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`` With no strong men and no parliament to dispute his will, he was the government ''. | was | {
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`` He opened his mouth, said little, and thought not at all ''. | opened | {
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`` He opened his mouth, said little, and thought not at all ''. | said | {
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`` He opened his mouth, said little, and thought not at all ''. | thought | {
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Truly, that Liberals should choose Louis 14, as a bogey-symbol of conservatism is grotesquely ironic, considering the Louis 14, character of their Grand Monarque, FDR : not only in his accretion of absolute power and personal deification, ( le roi gouverne par lui meme ), but in the disastrous effects of his spending a... | choose | {
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Truly, that Liberals should choose Louis 14, as a bogey-symbol of conservatism is grotesquely ironic, considering the Louis 14, character of their Grand Monarque, FDR : not only in his accretion of absolute power and personal deification, ( le roi gouverne par lui meme ), but in the disastrous effects of his spending a... | is | {
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