Word: english
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...somebody does: 50 Stanford men, aged 17 to 22, now occupy the huge mansion's west wing, and 30 Stanford coeds live in the east wing. For the next six months, they will study in the stately building, little changed from its ancient beginnings as an English country house except for the ceiling nudes, chastely painted over by the Jesuits who leased the building to Stanford. The students will play croquet on the well-trimmed lawns, shoot arrows in the gardens, ride to hounds with adjacent estate owners. Harlaxton Man or is the newest of Stanford's five...
...fiction, the less said about "Vietnam" the better. It's all been said before and the piece is unwarranted. The other essay, a study of "Comic Realism and Dramatic Artifice in Ben Johnson" (by Harris Friedberg '67) reads like an English paper (which it may have been) but a very good English paper. The writing is interesting and well-done, and if you enjoy reading literary criticism you could do a lot worse...
Spencer Tracy, Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, and Peter O'Toole are contending for roles in the film version of Hogan's Goat, by William Alfred, professor of English, according to Dorothy Manners, a syndicated Hollywood columnist...
...said last night before leaving for Washington that Shastri's ability to manage Indian affairs during "one of the most difficult periods in Indian history" was a "very considerable achievement." He cited Shastri's skill in dealing with India's food and border problems and in substituting Hindi for English as the official language...
Quill has also been portrayed as reenacting the Irish Rebellion, pitting his force against that of the "English" mayor...