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...federal arrangement. One of the strongest opponents of federation was Antigua's Papa Bird, whose title last week was elevated from Chief Minister to Premier. He has a point when he argues that islands with different histories and customs would not merge smoothly at present. For example, English-speaking Antigua, which has a pronounced partiality for the U.S. through contact with tourists and the Virgin Islands, differs from such southerly islands as St. Lucia, where a Creole patois is widely spoken and the culture is French...
...Suggia (1888-1950) was one of the few women with sufficient strength to compete on equal terms with men. Jacqueline Du Pré is big enough, both musically and physically (5 ft. 9 in., 150 Ibs.), perhaps because she literally grew up with a cello. The daughter of an English business executive, she was four years old when she heard the instrument played on a BBC broadcast in London. "All I remember," she says, "is that it had a nice sound. So I asked Mother for a cello...
...Within. Other New Left thinkers share McCabe's conviction that revolution must be accomplished from within. Their ranks include some of the church's most articulate young thinkers. Neil Middleton, 35, is director of the Catholic publishing house, Sheed & Ward Ltd. Brian Wicker, 37, a lecturer in English literature at Birmingham University, writes for the Guardian. Terence Eagleton, 24, an editor of the New Left periodical Slant, is a fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge. All these writers found a platform for their views in New Blackfriars, and their writings are beginning to circulate in the U.S. This month...
Efrem J. Sigal '64, a former associate managing editor of the CRIMSON, spent his two years in the Peace Corps teaching English in the Ivory Coast. He is now at the Harvard Business School. This article originally appeared in the Reporter Magazine, and excerpts are reprinted by permission.--Ed. note...
...paid, best lodged, best fed in the world. It is surprising that no one has as yet come up with the rest of it--that they are the laziest. I doubt that many other PCV's in the world would have the gall to claim that 22 hours of English a week fulfills their PC contract. Ours...