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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...both a detour from the main path of Western rationalism and the roots of Nazi philosophy. Romanticism, Viereck believes, is the expression of maladjustment. Whatever its various forms, whether Thoreau or Schlegel, Romanticism is the rebellion of those who can't solve their problems in the forms society prescribes. Ardent seekers after "the full life" may be a Faust or a white collar girl reading pulp magazines. "Freud after all had a word for it," Viereck comments shrewdly. Considering the ancient psychological distortion of the German mind, Viereck finds a violent expression of it inevitable...

Author: By J. H. S., | Title: THE BOOKSHELF | 2/21/1942 | See Source »

...organization, formed last fall, now meets in Holworthy 3 and has a membership varying from ardent model-builders to railroad employees. It is at present planning an exhibition of rail photography, featuring pictures recently taken by two of its members...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Railroading Association To View Movies, Photo Exhibit | 2/12/1942 | See Source »

Miss Grable walked away with the Lampoon's votes for the year's consistently worst performance. Though she made no attempt at self-defense, Miss Grable found many ardent partisans among Harvard men, most of whom insisted that acting is a subtle combination of many things besides voice and facial expression...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'POON WORSTS DON'T ANGER GRABLE, LAKE | 1/26/1942 | See Source »

Before Prague's leading railway station there had stood since 1928 a statue of the scholarly Democrat, Woodrow Wilson, a gift of U.S. Czechs. Flowers were often strewn at its base by ardent Czechs in tribute to President Wilson's part in founding the CzechoSlovak Republic. Last week it was carted away by order of Adolf Hitler's blood-drenched chief executioner, Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich of Bohemia-Moravia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Scandal in Bohemia | 12/29/1941 | See Source »

ASTOUNDED GARBLED INTERPRETATION HURRIED INTERVIEW REPRESENTATIVE TIME ACTIVITIES OXFORD GROUP MOVEMENT FOR PROMOTION INDUSTRIAL PEACE. NEVER DERIDED EFFORTS MADE SUCCESSFULLY TO CREATE UNDERSTANDING AND INTENSIFY PRODUCTIVE RESULTS. USE OF EXPRESSION SORDID MEANS UNWARRANTABLE. AM ARDENT SUPPORTER ALL ORGANIZED ENDEAVOR STIMULATE SPIRITUAL OUTLOOK NATIONAL LIFE...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 22, 1941 | 12/22/1941 | See Source »

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