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...second argument is that Harvard, as a "free-market for ideas," must present the Christian viewpoint. This presupposes that Harvard's "free-market of ideas" is merely a battleground of beliefs. It is no such thing; professors are hired to present a subject objectively in class and convictions are secondary...
Louis Calhern and Ann Harding give good performances as the Justice and his wife. But there is little they can do to keep mawkishness from seeping into many of the scenes (Holmes paces slowly over old battleground, murmurs things about good men on both sides, while muted brasses play a retarded "Battle Hymn of the Republic.") "The Magnificent Yankee' is dilutely pleasant entertainment. A life of Holmes would lead one to expect more...
Until recently, Africa was the most neglected danger zone, although it contains the world's best source of uranium and might become a main battleground if either Europe or the Middle East is lost. By establishing a screen of air bases across North Africa (TIME, Feb. 19), the U.S. has given practical recognition to the need for building up the defenses of that continent...
Schary's personal productions (Battleground, The Next Voice You Hear) proved box-office hits, and the quality of MGM's whole output improved-though not enough to qualify Schary as "a new Irving Thalberg," as his admirers like to call...
...almost four years after World War II's end, Hollywood would as soon have made war movies as sown minefields in front of U.S. box offices. Then MGM's Battleground broke the jinx and, with Sands of I wo Jima and Twelve 0'Clock High, landed among the first ten moneymakers of 1950. Now the studios are releasing and shooting so many war films that faithful moviegoers may soon feel eligible for battle stars...