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...were to sum up critical opinion of Toynbee's Study of History since its initial publication it might boil down to the hesitant evaluation of each specialist scholar who says "In my own particular field Mr. Toynbee is rather superficial both in his facts and in his conclusions. But as for the many other areas I am not competent to say. And he work does have grand scope...

Author: By Lowell J. Rubin, | Title: Toynbee and His Fossils | 10/10/1956 | See Source »

...Boston Herald gave word that it had information about Harvard which, if printed, would leave no Harvard parent "whose blood would no boil and who would not stamp his feet with indignation...

Author: By George H. Watson jr., | Title: The Case of The Cigar And The Swelling Arm | 9/28/1956 | See Source »

...Need Your He'p." As the campaign party moved through Los Angeles and San Francisco, Estes Kefauver seemed as placid and happy as ever-but inwardly he was beginning to boil. Campaigning with Adlai was all right, but the closely timed schedule sort of cramped Kefauver's style. He wanted to get out by himself and start beating the bushes, taking all the time he needed to shake every hand he could find. He means to do everything that energy and ambition can accomplish to win the election. The Vice President's chair is not quite what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Professional Common Man | 9/17/1956 | See Source »

...best, their efforts have resulted in such spectacular triumphs as the restoration of Leonardo's Last Supper (TIME, Oct. 4, 1954). But all too often their scientific zeal has destroyed what it was meant to preserve. Last week the simmering battle of science v. art came to a boil in the letters columns of London's Times...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: The Fashion for Flaying | 8/20/1956 | See Source »

Graves's rules for deserving well of the Muse are many and various, but they boil down to three: be good, be honest, and be self-sufficient...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Graves & Scholars | 7/16/1956 | See Source »

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