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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...guillotine-swift blow that cut Joseph W. Martin off from the Republican leadership of the House Tuesday may rankle in G.O.P. Congressional ranks for some time. First of all, Martin was dumped with a gracelessness not soon to be forgotten by his many close friends in the House. And the 74 votes (against 70 for Martin) elevating Charles A. Halleck to the minority leader post represent an uneasy compromise between various Republican factions, one of which may well break down...

Author: By Kenneth Auchincloss, | Title: The Fall of Joe Martin | 1/9/1959 | See Source »

Japanese religions indicate the national characteristics of "intuitiveness, harmony with nature, and introversion," the professor explained. He described Shinto, one of the dominant religions of Japan, as a conservative and traditional cult in which "nature and man are close...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Visitor Explains Japanese Faiths | 1/9/1959 | See Source »

...Darkness at Noon deals with issues that Bulganin must find preciously close these days. One can only guess how the intricacies of party theory confronted such malevolent characters as Beria and Malenkov. Certainly Koestler's 1938 psychological insights into the Communist-mind-at-work have modern and equally terrifying variants, which you not idly ponder as you leave Lowell House...

Author: By Gavin Scott, | Title: Darkness At Noon | 1/8/1959 | See Source »

...close examination will not bear out the belief that professors here must write a great number of books before they gain tenure, Pusey said. Men are often promoted on the basis of skill in teaching rather than amount of publication, he added...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pusey Denies Strictness of 'Publish' Rule | 1/7/1959 | See Source »

...tell about Tufts," Weiland stated, "and they might put up a good fight." By comparative scores, the two teams are close. Colby defeated Tufts by a single goal in overtime, while the Crimson beat Colby, also in overtime, 3 to 2. However, the varsity gave one of its poorest showings against Colby, and should do far better today...

Author: By Claude E. Welch jr., | Title: Varsity Hockey Squad to Face Winless Jumbos at Watson Rink | 1/7/1959 | See Source »

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