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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Behrman's favorite stories about Maugham concerns a visit to the estate of an American sculptress. The party came upon a gleaming white block of Italian marble, and Maugham exclaimed to the hostess, "That's the best thing you've ever done!" "But," the artist protested, "I haven't even started; it just came over from Italy. What on earth did you think it was?" "The Immaculate Conception," Maugham replied...

Author: By Peter J. Rothenberg, | Title: Anecdotal Playwright | 3/6/1959 | See Source »

...response, Pusey agreed with the club concerning the undesirability of the oath," but claimed "we do not agree regarding the best way to register a protest." He did not elaborate or state what form a Harvard protest would take...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pusey Labels Loyalty Oath 'Undesirable' | 3/6/1959 | See Source »

...best conceivable set-up would involve a co-operative venture between the donor and recipient nations. The personnel of the former could be contributed to an independent pool on which the latter would draw for programs of their own creation. The pool itself would determine priorities. Though it would be financed jointly by the aid-giving countries, the administration of the finances should be as independent of these states' policies as possible...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Men Without Countries | 3/5/1959 | See Source »

Leading the Yardling squad will be a pair of 6 ft., 4 in. high scores, Gary Borchard and Bill Danner, brother of Bryant Danner who last winter led the Crimson to its best season in recent years. Coach Bruce Munro will also rely on forward Joe Deering...

Author: By Walter L. Goldfrank, | Title: Downs to Lead Favored Yale Quintet Against Crimson in Season's Finale | 3/4/1959 | See Source »

...view of the new Modern Language Center, being built in Boylston Hall, Madame Duhamel thought that an hour language laboratory, in addition to the present four class hours, should be compulsory. "This is the best way for the student to study his own pronunciation," she said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Instructor in French A Advocates Logical Grammar Instruction, Labs | 3/3/1959 | See Source »

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