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...organization of the Fabian Society, defunct since 1951, began last night with the formation of a student committee to draw up its constitution. The Society will probably be primarily a study group to help liberals develop an intellectual basis for their beliefs, Tim F. Harding '56, chairman of the committee, said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Student Committee to Reorganize Fabian Society for Liberal Study | 2/25/1955 | See Source »

...white tower from which he can gaze meditatively at Havana and the sea, or at his own domain-the finca's 13 acres, including flower and truck gardens, fruit trees, seven cows (which provide all the household's milk and butter), a large swimming pool, a temporarily defunct tennis court. In the 60-foot-long living room, heads of animals Hemingway shot in Africa stare glassy-eyed from the walls. But most imposing of all are Hemingway's books. He consumes books, newspapers and random printed matter the way a big fish gulps in plankton...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: An American Storyteller | 12/13/1954 | See Source »

First, the headline and several of the statements within the article are misleading, and are in no sense supported by the facts. The article begins by stating that "A weekend under the sponsorship of the various House Committees will probably succeed the defunct Crimson Key All-College Weekend," and continues with the assertion that "Separate Saturday night functions in each House are almost certain to replace the All-College Formal. . . ." These assumptions, however, have no foundation. Despite the "informal vote" which seemed to favor "some sort of spring weekend," Interhouse Dance Committee Chairman Carl Goldman has rightly stated that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CLARIFYING ABSTENTION | 12/9/1954 | See Source »

...hauntingly attractive. Swedish-born Actress Stevens, 20, dominated the play in her role of a Czech refugee set down bewilderingly on a Midwest farm: her big-eyed silences were more eloquent than all the speeches of her fellow actors. Newcomer Stevens was recently seen as a teenager on the defunct Jamie series, with Child Star Brandon De Wilde...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Week in Review | 12/6/1954 | See Source »

...weekend under the sponsorship of the various House Committees will probably succeed the defunct Crimson Key All-College Weekend next spring...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: House-Centered Weekend Will Replace Key Formal | 12/4/1954 | See Source »

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