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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Slums & Culture. As they move into statehood, Hawaiians have their share of juvenile delinquency, traffic snarls, slums and crime, but they also have an extraordinarily high literacy rate (more than 98%), a topflight university (coming soon: a $200,000 East-West Cultural Exchange Center), a fine art academy and a symphony orchestra; and bustling new suburban complexes, studded with ranch houses. They appreciate some of the typical social aspects of U.S. mainland life as well: they love baseball, guzzle more soda pop and eat more hot dogs than the people of any other state...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HAWAII: The Big Change | 8/10/1959 | See Source »

...White House has informed Milton Katz, Director of the Center for International Legal Studies, that President Eisenhower has agreed to speak at the formal opening of the new Legal Studies building October...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ike Speaks in Fall | 8/6/1959 | See Source »

...music critic of the Boston Globe, printed in last Sunday's newspaper. I was shocked to find a person of your eminence unleashing such an ill-timed and sloppily thought-out barrage against the Cambridge Drama Festival's tenancy this summer of the new, State-constructed Metropolitan Boston Arts Center (MeBAC); and I was surprised to see Mr. Durgin rising to your bait...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: An Open Letter to AlCapp | 8/6/1959 | See Source »

...claim that the Metropolitan District Commission has granted the C.D.F. "exclusive use ... of the new Art Center Theatre for the next several years and possibly long thereafter." This is mere conjecture on your part. The M.D.C. has not made any long-range commitments for the Theatre's use; so why do you want to stir up trouble before any has arisen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: An Open Letter to AlCapp | 8/6/1959 | See Source »

...seven, several persons turn in skillful jobs in major roles orbiting about The Man. As Maggie, his long-suffering and efficient secretary, Mikel Lambert gives the most consistently fine performance of the evening--poised, polished, and sensitive. Even when she is not speaking or is far away from the center of attention, she listens to what is going on; she is always acting and reacting, not just waiting for her next...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: Man Comes to Dinner at the Union | 8/6/1959 | See Source »

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