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Comparative religion, heretofore reserved for grownups, was last week finally dished up for children too. The Tree of Life (edited by Ruth Smith, Viking, $3.50) gives young folks the frequently hard-to-digest riches of 13 theologies, shows how the religious tree from primitive acorns grew and how its living & dead branches intertwine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: A Child's Forest of Religion | 12/7/1942 | See Source »

...flagship next morning they read in the ship's news digest that a certain Admiral in Washington had told newspapers: "The U.S. now has the balance of military and naval striking power in the Pacific...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BATTLE OF THE PACIFIC: The Sinking of the Wasp | 11/2/1942 | See Source »

Such programs have been found to produce speed and contentment in such diverse establishments as the Lockheed plane plant and Manhattan's National City Bank. In the editorial rooms of the Reader's Digest editors are treated with twelve to 20 minutes of planned harmony every hour...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Productive Melody | 11/2/1942 | See Source »

...numerous small faults mar the efforts of a hard-working cast. Poor lighting arrangements leave a third of the stage dark, costumes clash violently with upholstery, and a supposedly "meditative" character walks on stage with the "Reader's Digest" in one hand. Such incongruities detract continually from a comedy which otherwise would carry its audience along without pause...

Author: By T. S. R., | Title: PLAYGOER | 10/29/1942 | See Source »

...list than upperclassmen. Telescoping courses into six weeks resulted in shortened reading lists and laboratory and lecture schedules. Intensive study at the two course rate left students with neither time nor material for the integration necessary to the success of Harvard education. Science students, particularly, found it impossible to digest the full quota of factual material usually presented, while those with long lab assignments were over-whelmed by the attempt to jam sixteen weeks' work into the five-and-one-half allotted. Short exam periods immediately following final lectures cut out all review and forced students to resort to "coffee...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Looking Backward | 10/19/1942 | See Source »

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