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...wearisome 'get-together' affair . . . Hymns were (and are) extremely disagreeable to me. Of all musical instruments I liked (and like) the organ least." But apart from such culture crotchets. Surprised by Joy is a crisply logical, eloquent statement of faith that makes one man's con version as convincing as it is ever likely to be to another. Lewis is a special type. And yet there is universal meaning in his description of his final crisis of faith...
...Con. The bill's supporters argued that gas production is a competitive business (there are more than 5,000 producers, with the largest 100 companies having some 80% of the market) and therefore should not be subjected to public utility rate-making processes...
...York Times Washington Correspondent James ("Scotty") Reston, more often a critic than an applauder of the Administration, ventured no prediction, but concluded three pro and con articles on "The Big Question" with more cons than pros. Reston reasoned that none of the President's most trusted advisers would want to play the devil's advocate in urging Ike not to run. Stepping into the breach, Reston listed nine reasons why Ike should not run, against six for running...
...disconcerting habit of following arguments where they lead. This latest collection of his essays (more notable: The Yogi and the Commissar} reveals that Koestler is still looking for an adjudicator in the long debate in which, as in The Right to Say No, he habitually takes the con. People pro-any-thing get short shrift from Con-Man Koestler. Yet Americans should find themselves stimulated by this tough controversialist. Some examples of Koestler's talent for taking the unpopular side of an argument: ¶ In Judah at the Crossroads, he tries to close his accounts with Zionism with...
Searing, who moved up to board chairman but remains chief executive officer. Forbes was born at Colebrook, N.H., got an engineering degree from the University of New Hampshire ('21) and M.I.T., where he taught for two years. Forbes joined New York Edison (later absorbed by Con Edison...