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...British poet and critic is known for his political philosophy as well as his poetry and art criticism. An author of several books and many interpretive works on art and poetry, he has taught at the Universities of Edinburgh, Liverpool, and London. He was also president of the Society for Education in Art for a number of years...
After a 39-day stopover in New Zealand, Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh boarded the royal liner Gothic while foghorns bellowed and bands tootled. Next stop: Sydney, Australia...
...Edinburgh, love was triumphant over the law, religion and an imperious father. No sooner were the banns published announcing the marriage of Maria Isabella Patino y Bourbon, 18, and James
...blowing safes. "Eddie gets nervous at the thought of anything locked up," said friends proudly. He drove a low-slung car, had a West End flat stocked with a succession of girls, and was well known in Soho's nightclubs. Caught on a routine job one night in Edinburgh, Eddie was released on bail, promptly went to London and scooped up enough cash to bail out his two friends. With Eddie's girl, they lit out for the Isle of Jersey. There the police caught up with him. Eddie spent the next three years in Jersey...
...science's sake"? Modern scientists, whose goals are apt to be shaped by armed forces' research grants or a corporation's search for bigger & better laboratory-tested mousetraps, are diffident about performing their experiments for pure research purposes. Sir Edward Appleton, principal of the University of Edinburgh and a Nobel Prizewinner in physics, believes that "science for its own sake" is a slogan to be proud of. His thesis, as quoted in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: "Science is illuminating as well as fruitful." Says Sir Edward...