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...century Prime Minister Lord Salisbury, and three viceroys of India (Curzon, Chelmsford, Halifax). Typically, the Fellows lean heavily to law and history. Only recently did All Souls elect its first modern scientist. Geneticist (specialty: butterflies) Edmund B. Ford, but the belated-ness of this honor fails to disturb Warden John H. A. Sparrow, a former barrister. "Is it more important to be like everyone else," he asks, "or to be like yourself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Soul of All Souls | 5/19/1961 | See Source »

These somewhat dampening factors did not disturb Presidential Economic Adviser Walter Heller and his colleagues so much as the fear that the recovery, no matter how quickly it comes, may be as mild as the recession. If that proves to be the case, the U.S. would find itself in the ironic position of experiencing under Kennedy the Eisenhower goal of flattening out the entire economic cycle, ending violent swings in the economy. This is a prospect that thoroughly frustrates the Kennedy Administration, which feels that Government spending is the main force now at work in the economy and the chief...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: State of Business: Recovery by August? | 5/12/1961 | See Source »

...petition gained 170 signatures in a few hours, with Perkins' name leading the list. The Master commented that "no group is entitled to disturb a large segment of the community, for pleasure or for profit...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: University May Limit Parking of Scooters In Plympton St. Lot | 5/9/1961 | See Source »

...consoles a pointy-headed skipper (Dennis O'Keefe) who dearly loves to fish but sadly catches the only thing that seems to swim in the average gagman's Pacific: a brassiere. Whenever he has nothing worse to do, Pat sings a song. The music will not seriously disturb anybody except musicians, but the words ("She's a new destroyer type Every turret round and ripe") are really going to raise Ned in the 4,400 Pat Boone fan clubs. Anyway, after 98 minutes on a cliche-cluttered Deck, even the most loyal Boone companion may say amen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Pat's First Pat | 4/14/1961 | See Source »

Granted, the committee had to handle several requests from the Ivy teams--but why did it have to disturb the Penn-Cornell Thanksgiving Day tradition and consequently the Princeton-Dartmouth final day clash...

Author: By James R. Ullyot, | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 1/23/1961 | See Source »

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