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...traitors and conspirators in the 1930s and '40s, and previously it had Benedict Arnold and Aaron Burr, too. Public debate has long since passed over A for Arnold and B for Burr. The time seems to have come when C for Communist Infiltration may also be considered a lesson mastered. If so, the U.S. may be able to pass on to D for Defense and E for Enterprise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: McCARTHYISM: MYTH & MENACE | 6/29/1953 | See Source »

Though overshadowed by Broadway's best, TV's own stars shone brightly enough. Wally Cox was authentic as an American bent on self-improvement; Burr Till-strom's Kukla and Ollie sounded just the right note in their comment on old Hollywood movies. Whenever the show edged up to something as grim as war, Ed Murrow and Oscar Hammerstein II were on hand to speak with suitable gravity and-for the most part-brevity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Biggest Show | 6/29/1953 | See Source »

...number of honors candidates increased decisively, and Manuel Quezon, then only leader of the Philippine Senate, asked for his country's independence at a Union debate. John Chase was awarded the Burr Scholarship, symbolic of athletic and scholastic leadership. The favored...

Author: By Michael Halbersiam, | Title: Copey, Clothes, Church Were Issues; During '28's Momentous Last Year | 6/10/1953 | See Source »

...Allston Burr '89, chairman of the War Memorial Church drive, answered criticism of the project. Burr claimed that despite complaints, three-quarters of the Harvard alumni wanted the Memorial. And a financial report showed that football had earned the University half a million dollars...

Author: By Michael Halbersiam, | Title: Copey, Clothes, Church Were Issues; During '28's Momentous Last Year | 6/10/1953 | See Source »

Judges for tonight will be: Arthur Smithies, professor of Economics, Daniel S. Cheever, associate professor of Government and Allston Burr tutor in Winthrop House, and Arnold M. Soloway, instructor in Economics and Allston Burr tutor at Leverett...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: World Socialists Argue Capitalism In Debate Tonight | 5/7/1953 | See Source »

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