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To observe the forms of his eccentricity one might listen to him lecture in Linguistics 100 ("Language"), impressively described in the catalogue of courses as dealing with such topics as the "Theory of Communication," "Language and the Nature of Man," "Language and Literature," and so forth. Actually, when Professor Whatmough...

Author: By Andrew T. Weil, | Title: Joshua Whatmough | 5/3/1963 | See Source »

Astride their chocolate isle lapped by nougat seas, British candymakers should be the world's most contented manu facturers. They are not. Since wartime rationing finally ended in 1954, sweets-eating has reached a very high point of satiety-and stayed there. British candy buyers are a fickle lot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain: This Chocolate Isle | 4/26/1963 | See Source »

Mrs. Sessions feels there is some special part of the Communion Service she is coming to hear--she cannot say exactly what, but she fears it comes early and is afraid she'll miss it. Some precious words, maybe only a half dozen that will fill in a black chink...

Author: By R.andrew Beyer, | Title: The Lion Rampant | 3/29/1963 | See Source »

It does seem a shame that three grown men-Price is 51, Lorre is 58, Karloff is 75-can find nothing better to do with their time and talents. But on the other hand, it's fun to see the old horrors all together-sort of like watching an...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Ugly Contest | 2/1/1963 | See Source »

But the public, the publishers and Judge Harold Medina and his little band of serious fact-finders have contented themselves with condemning Powers. To be sure, his refusal to negotiate seriously the issues of wages and benefits is maddening and inexcusable; and the typographers' wage demands are excessive. They are...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Newspaper Strike | 1/23/1963 | See Source »

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