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...stillborn carbon copies of Ibsen, Shaw and Chek- hov, Kerr departs from realism, naturalism and contemporary social problems. Turning to Aristophanic comedy and American history, he weaves a very refreshing and unusual play that injects new life and variety into the Iceberg American theatre, and which, baring the bedrock of American ideals and tradition, reveals the strains of a nation's soul through song, fables and poesy, and so utterly avoids didactic realism...
Believing that Harvard could achieve unity in social life as well as in athletic endeavor, Major Henry L. Higginson, donor of Soldier's Field, granted a $150,000 financial bedrock for a building where "pride of wealth, pride of poverty, and pride of class would find no place." Choosing a site proved the initial trial to Harvard democracy; Gold Coasters pressured for a Massachusetts Avenue site, while Yard dwellers suggested a lot near Memorial Hall. In a gesture of compromise, the building was erected on Quincy Street, a four-minute walk for both rich and poor. The Harvard Union...
...William James; near Boston. A liberal, individualist and internationalist. Philosopher Perry rejected as "presumptuous and foolish" the notion of God as "a kindly indulgence at the seat of cosmic control," was alternately gloomy and optimistic about the U.S.'s future, concluded that its strength lies in its bedrock foundation of puritanism and democracy...
...nation's prosperity spread all the way from the bottom to the top. Unemployment was down to a bedrock 103,000, and workers were hard to find, notably for domestic service, construction trades and logging. At the other end of the scale, corporate profits were up, and business investment for the first six months stood a fat 48.6% above...
...M.T.A. is a man-made world. Blasted from bedrock and pushed through Charles River mud, three tubes criss-cross beneath Boston's houses and streets in a frenzied, asymmetrical pattern, like a line drawing of a frantic dancer. Daily, subways and trolleys carry thousands of commuters into the city from the outer reaches of the metropolitan area...