Word: essayant
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...survey of Truman's presidency, Schlesinger extended the classification of American Presidents which appeared in his essay, "A Yardstick for Presidents," in 1949. At that time he attempted to assign historical rankings to our past Presidents, excluding Truman while he was still in office...
...when a group of juniors produced the first issue of a semi-weekly journal called "The Magenta" (it became The CRIMSON two years later when the College's official color was changed). The tiny, 8 x 10 inch Magenta was primarily a literary magazine which relied heavily on the essay and ran about two poems per issue. It did print College news, however, and in 1878 added an athletic column and a "sporting editor...
...cover may fool some readers as to the true nature of the 'Poon this month, but the first story in the issue should dispell all naive notions. Titled "Enlightenment," its only virtue is John Updike's ability to catch the subtle pomposities of faculty conversations. As a story or essay it is inscrutable, and one puzzles as to how it worked its way into the pages of the 'Poon...
...Once Again ..." The critics next day were sharply divided. Mildred Norton of the Los Angeles Daily News called the cantata an "essay in boredom," and added: "The most invigorating sound I heard was a restive neighbor winding his watch." Wrote Albert Goldberg of the Times: "Perhaps only a musician can appreciate the extreme technical discipline involved ... It makes no obvious appeal to anything within the range of the average listener's experience, yet by its very starkness it creates a perfect setting . . . for the old English texts involved. Once again, it would seem, Stravinsky has opened new paths...
...from an essay by John Reed '10, written...