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This lack of requirements forces "a sense of personal responsibility" on the European student that the American student is less apt to have, he stated. However, the American student has an assurance that his counterpart does...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hartner Says Harvard Students Surpass Europeans in Interests | 4/11/1959 | See Source »

...Tati's tribute to early filmland farce, which differed generally from the modern product because it was not altogether unconscious, was apt as well as flattering. Some Like It Hot, unlike most recent domestic attempts, follows the tradition of Mack Sennett and Charlie Chaplin that Tati revered. It's a welcome arrival on the local scene...

Author: By Gavin Scott, | Title: Some Like It Hot | 4/9/1959 | See Source »

...trio now has two briskly selling albums, plus as many nightclub engagements as it can handle (including a Las Vegas offer that may go to $3,000 a week). A columnist suffering from typewriter fatigue recently, tagged the trio the Gilbert & Sullivans of Jazz. A more apt title might be the James Joyces of Jive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Jabberwocky with a Beat | 4/6/1959 | See Source »

There were signs that he was not. Cars were often too big to park easily or put in a garage. Gas mileage dropped as gas prices rose. Much of the prestige that once went with a big car disappeared as new prestige articles became popular. Many consumers were apt to pass up Detroit's wiles, instead spend their money for recreation, housing, travel, boats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: The Dinosaur Hunter | 4/6/1959 | See Source »

...willing to let it go at that. Parents and professional worriers are concerned about the violence and sadism in the horse opera. Psychoanalysts are looking for sex symbols (all those guns, of course), Oedipal patterns (to kill the wicked sheriff really means to kill Pop), indirect aggressions ("Women are apt to think of their husbands in the villain's role," says one Payne Whitney staffer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WESTERNS: The Six-Gun Galahad | 3/30/1959 | See Source »

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