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...Abram Tertz, On Socialist Realism...
...could believe the rumors racing through Moscow's literary under ground last week, the man who wrote those words was himself in a place no worse than hell-the Lubianka prison. "Abram Tertz," the pseudonymous critic of the Soviet system, had for more than six years eluded the Kremlin's wrath while smuggling out satiric manuscripts to be published abroad. These included The Trial Begins (1959), a savage study of Soviet life in the New Class, and Fantastic Stones (1962), a collection which Western critics compared with Kafka and Gogol. Was the man in the Lubianka really Abram...
...bishops had compromised by adopting a statement that was less forthright and to the point than it might be. Particularly annoying were the omission of the deicide clause, and a reference to "Jewish authorities" and their followers who had pressed for the death of Christ. "Nevertheless," declared Morris B. Abram, president of the American Jewish Committee, "we view the adoption as an act of justice long overdue...
Michael E. Abram '66, chairman of the HPC, said yesterday that his letter was not intended to challenge the Board's policy directly, but just to investigate the reasons behind it. If the Committee finds, however, that the reasons do not justify the policy, the HPC may formally oppose...
...also voted Thursday to find out how many students have been inconvenienced by courage meeting at the same time and by the number of courses not offered this year. Pools will be distributed in one to two weeks, Abram said...