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The decision was immediately hailed by the American Civil Liberties Union as "an occasion in constitutional history," and telegrams of congratulation from other women poured in on Mrs. Reed, who was soon contending with a front lawn full of reporters. "We never dreamed it would go this far," she said...
There has been no rush on the part of the other nominees to withdraw from Hollywood's yearly orgy of self-congratulation. Scott's fellow nominees for Best Actor (Melvyn Douglas in I Never Sang for My Father, Jack Nicholson in Five Easy Pieces, James Earl Jones in...
Other statements of congratulation came from Roswell B. Perkins '47, president of the Associated Harvard Alumni, and President Pusey.
Ruby Keeler, now in her sixties, stars in the show, and the wave of applause that greets her every tap dance, her every entrance, even her bad lines, points toward that self-congratulation. If Ruby can still tap her way into the hearts of the fans-it should be recalled...
Of all the institutions in our inordinately complacent society, none is so addicted as the press to self-righteousness, self-satisfaction and self-congratulation.