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The Gift, by Vladimir Nabokov. A magician of language rummages in his tarnished memories of Russian emigre life in Berlin, and comes up with a delightful comic fantasy-and a symbolic assault on Philistinism in Russian culture.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Jun. 21, 1963 | 6/21/1963 | See Source »

A colossus of the macabre, a master of delightful fantasy and outrageous homicide.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kudos: Rite of Spring | 6/14/1963 | See Source »

This psychologist's concern for controls made Boring uncomfortable at Harvard, for the psychologists were still in a department dominated by philosophers. The discomfort was also a challenge: Boring felt a "mission to rescue Harvard psychology from the philosophers." Though he eventually saved psychology from the philosophers by bisecting the...

Author: By Joel E. Cohen, | Title: E. G. Boring | 5/31/1963 | See Source »

Miss Rutherford is one of the most completely delightful and capable actresses active today. While Liz, Brigitte, Tuesday and many others are busy proving publicly that their only real talents are nocturnal, Margaret Rutherford is proving what real acting can be.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 31, 1963 | 5/31/1963 | See Source »

The question is, should a gentleman lick the wasp-stung buttock of a lady in distress? Please Don't Walk Around in the Nudel fails to provide an adequate answer, but it does pose the problem in a delightful fashion.

Author: By Joseph M. Russin, | Title: Please Don't Walk Around in the Nude | 5/17/1963 | See Source »

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