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Most of the robbers, he eventually decided, live in the U.S. In 1935 Manhattan's Museum of Modern Art organized a major exhibition of work by Le Corbusier, and he came across the Atlantic to see it. From the early days when he had sung the praises of American...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Corbu | 5/5/1961 | See Source »

So strong had his awareness of human self-abasement been, so deep had his bitterness run, that only the theory of inevitable social progress offered him a real alternative to nihilistic despair. This entrance to Marxist belief is illuminating when contrasted with the conversion of other leftist intellectuals of the...

Author: By Frederick H. Gardner, | Title: Bertolt Brecht's Communist Writings: The Poetry and Politics of Disillusion | 3/10/1961 | See Source »

U.S. Delegate Adlai Stevenson detected a dangerous loophole. The resolution said nothing about banning foreign arms shipments into the Congo, nor did it authorize Hammarskjold's forces to search arriving planes or trucks for such contraband. Since the U.A.R. itself had been busily sneaking arms and equipment to Congo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: United Nations: New Orders | 3/3/1961 | See Source »

Sometimes when Scriptwriter George Wells tries to write juve-in-the-groove talk, he betrays his age (51) with the sort of yacketa ("Gee, that's absolutely mystic!") that may make moviegoers under 20 smile and shake their heads sadly. But when he straightens up and writes right, he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Comedies | 1/20/1961 | See Source »

The disillusion so evident in Freshmen may be precipitated by the grading system and course assignments, but often the intellectual tone of the Freshman environment and the social structure of the class are equally important. The particular source of discord is likely to be determined by what the Freshman looks...

Author: By Stephen F. Jencks, | Title: The Freshman Year: Education by Trauma | 10/21/1960 | See Source »

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