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There are flaws in Barnouw's massive work. The author is clearly not as comfortable in dealing with the literary value of entertainment broadcasts, or with aesthetic endeavor in general; his eulogies of Norman Corwin, Archibald MacLeish and Paddy Chayefsky are embarassing, though they might not have been so if he'd have honed cleanly to a sociological viewpoint. His large chunks of political history often show an unsubstantiated leftist bias, particularly in his coverage of World War II political tensions...
...HAVING A TROUBLESHOOTER: Bok said he would rely "quite heavily" on his administrative assistants, Stephen Farber and Walter Leonard, for most special projects. He will not have someone outside the Administration--such as Archibald Cox '34, Williston Professor of Law, under President Pusey--act as a troubleshooter. He did say, "I find that John Dunlop is a very effective troubleshooter for any problems arising in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and I doubt very much whether I would need to supplement him with any resources...
...notable personalities who were invited to argue both sides of the question. More than a dozen dissertations were printed, and each side got fair play. Among those critical of the Times were Senator Barry Goldwater, General Maxwell Taylor and Harvard Law Professor Roger Fisher. Times defenders included Poet-Playwright Archibald MacLeish, M.I.T. Professor Noam Chomsky and former White House Adviser Arthur Schlesinger...
...career in politics as a Senator, Republican vice-presidential candidate in 1960, and ambassador to the United Nations and South Viet Nam. During the 1920s and '30s, our masthead was graced by the presence of Novelists John O'Hara and Frank Norris, Poets Stephen Vincent Benet and Archibald MacLeish. Theodore White, Robert Sherrod and John Hersey were TIME correspondents during World War II. Poet-Critic James Agee gained his first measure of fame as our longtime movie reviewer...
...following day. Archibald Cox '34, professor of Law and University troubleshooter, said, "The University has no intention of allowing the occupants of the Architectural Technology Workshop to remain there. We are currently considering the most effective means of requiring occupants to leave if they do not leave voluntarily...