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...Jean, a bourgeois gent in early 20th century Paris, has just returned to his baronial home from a business trip. He is satisfied with his position in society and with himself: "Friends say I have the cold stare of achievement." (Jeez, what do his enemies say?) He has been married for 10 years to a woman "well bred and intelligent." She has won the approval of his circle. "Friends said I was very much in love, and I said so myself." (He enjoys hearing other people talk about him nearly as much as he enjoys talking about himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Off With Their Hearts! | 7/14/2006 | See Source »

...Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby makes his return to the lecture hall with this core class on 20th-century China. Impressive as a guest lecturer in classes over the past few years of his deanship, students will likely flock to see what Kirby has to offer in A-74 for many reasons. According to the course guide, the class aims to answer in three parts the question of what social, economic, and political problems remain in China today...

Author: By Bari M. Schwartz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Bananas, Pirates and Witchcraft: 15 Courses to Shop | 7/14/2006 | See Source »

Freshman Seminar 49z, “The Art of the Impossible: Political Leadership in the 20th Century...

Author: By Bari M. Schwartz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Bananas, Pirates and Witchcraft: 15 Courses to Shop | 7/14/2006 | See Source »

...both Broadway and the movies - not that either medium took much notice. From 1937 to 1939 she appeared in nine two-reel musicals, made in New York for 20th Century-Fox and Warner Bros. And she hoofed in the chorus of shows with scores by some pretty sharp tunesmiths: Harold Rome (Sing Out the News), Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein (Very Warm for May ), Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart (Higher and Higher) and Cole Porter (Panama Hattie). In three of those shows she shared stage space with Vera Ellen, who would join Allyson in MGM musicals; in another she played...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Defense of June Allyson | 7/11/2006 | See Source »

Freshman Seminar 49z. “The Art of the Impossible: Political Leadership in the 20th Century...

Author: By Bari M. Schwartz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Shopping Around | 7/10/2006 | See Source »

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