Word: arens
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Oxbridge dons are inclined to be testy about the junketing. Said one last week: "These young gentlemen go out to Pakistan or somewhere and get garlands of marigolds draped around their necks. But from the scientific point of view, they aren't doing much good." Another grumbled wearily that "these people go out and grab every _ beetle they can lay hands on and bring jars and jars of them back to us." Expeditioneers ignore such grousing. Said one jungle-happy scholar: "Oxford's a terrific base camp...
Barth's inquiring pastor had asked whether he should resort to prayer to ''pray away" East Germany's Communist government. Replied Barth: "Would you really take the responsibility of approaching the Lord with such a plea? Aren't you afraid that God might grant your request and that some morning you might wake up among those Egyptian fleshpots which symbolize the American way of life? We in the West have been struggling for many a year with the powers and demons that hover over the land of the 'economic miracle' [ meaning West Germany...
...home now--you won't miss anything. There are a couple of Gov. courses, including one on legal theory (Gov. 108) by Mrs. Shklar. Those who studied Czarist Russia previously might find History 156, in Harvard 4, of some interest. Professor Billington discusses the modern period when czars aren't czars but commissars, and a serf is a privileged proletarian...
Rare is the star nowadays who is willing to sign for a tour. "Actors aren't nomads anymore," says Actress Arlene Francis. "They're only interested in security, and they can get that by staying home and working 52 weeks a year on television." Says Celeste (Third Best Sport) Holm: "People used to tour as a whole family. Family life was preserved in that trunk you hear about. Families still reminisce about being together for Christmas in Dubuque and all that jazz. Today, actors won't give up family life at home...
...when told to get off an Underground train that had come to a dead stop. He shouted: "It says on the front of the train that it is going to Dagenham East!" And, glaring around at his sheeplike fellow passengers, he added: "That is where we are all going, aren...