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...hydrogen bomb had come to dominate the world scene. "Hitler was mad and bad-the Russians are only bad," cracked the old man. "They have far more sense than to start an atomic war which will lead to their own destruction." He predicted that in three years Russia would attain atomic equality with the West. Heretofore, he declared, only U.S. superiority in nuclear weapons has prevented the free world from being overrun...
...teaching than one might wish. . . On the other side of the ledger is the fact that almost all members of the faculty interviewed deplore demands upon them to perform administrative duties. . . The younger faculty are subject to very special worries. These arise chiefly from the almost universal desire to attain permanency at Harvard...
...qualify for sophomore standing, however, Harvard applicants must attain outstanding marks on the placement tests for at least three of the fields of Biology, Chemistry, English, History, Languages, Mathematics, and Physics. This provision is similar to Yale's requirement that all-round achievement precede promotion from the freshman to the junior class...
...watch went on-a watch in which millions of people in other faiths joined. Roman Catholics all over the world prayed: "O God graciously look upon Thy servant Pius . . . that he may profit his subjects both by word and example and, together with the flock committed to his care, attain to eternal life...
Erwin Bodky's performance displayed an approach of absolute seriousness and purity toward the music. The attraction of instrumental color was avoided by using a bare string orchestra. The tempi were uniformly slow so as to attain the highest awareness of the formal complexity within each of the fourteen fugues performed. Yet at the same time, the playing, especially through its attention to tonal color and phrasing, attained such a level of devotion and warmth that the audience could not help but be moved to a closer contact with the music by the example of the performers...