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...boondocks uprising is the current fad in Latin American rebellions; instead of storming the capital, the insurrection-aries plan to strike a spark in some comfortably distant spot and wait for the country to catch fire. The strategy worked well in Argentina last September, but a pair of tries during the last fortnight showed that it is still no surefire technique...
Harvard may, in fact, be regarded as a foster parent of intercollegiate boxing. It began in 1920 when the Crimson's famous football Coach, Dick Harlow, was beginning his career at Pennsylvania. At the time water gun fights and dormitory riots were supposedly a fad at this Ivy university and Harlow suggested intercollegiate boxing as a possible alternative to the disturbances. The story is, of course, that the idea worked and an interest in the sport replaced the dormitory fights. At any rate, the first college meet was held at Penn against Colgate...
Three new British books (see below) should tell Americans much of the drama that lies behind the puzzle. In different moods they deal with three major themes: 1) the treasonable folly of the intellectuals who, in the '303, took up Marxism as something between fad and faith; 2) the ugly betrayals and discontents that grew out of this era's dry rot; and 3) a crisis of faith deeper than either of these troubles-the struggle of an age estranged from God trying to find a way back to religion...
...least one of them (Red Shoes) started a teen-age craze .for carrying ballet slippers, whether the owners were studying ballet or not. Dozens of school companies present productions whenever they can, while three big TV stations offer regular ballet shows. It has all the appearance of a fad, for Japan's own ancient, formalized dance tradition is as different from West ern ballet as Kabuki is from burlesque. But underneath the surface is a foundation of serious interest...
PHRENOLOGY: FAD AND SCIENCE (203 pp.)-John D. Davis-Yale...