Word: fervors
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Crane Brinton '19, McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History, speculated that "perhaps the Russian Revolution is over, and the two opposing world camps will settle down much as did Christianity and Islam after the Arabs' and Christians' crusading fervor was spent. You can't keep the revolutionary fires buring forever, you know." Brinton said that the Soviets are anxious to have less international "heartburn," but that he does not think they are ready to democratize their regime. "They're not going to become staff writers for LIFE yet," he added...
American taste regarding the great Flemish master has favored graphic works in European museums. The Puritan strain seems to be repelled by the fleshiness of the great Baroque paintings as well as by their Counter-Reformation fervor and ostentation. Although they often lack the immediate brilliance and awesome sweep of the larger paintings, the smaller, more intimate works have their own merits. They are clear and concentrated and, most important, Rubens' own work. The better-known canvases were often almost wholly executed by helpers under Rubens' direction. These paintings were the work of the master both in plan...
Sending arms to Israel is as ineffective a solution as it is foolishly partial. Given the Arab fervor--and the Communist willingness to exploit it with military aid--U.S. arms could only ignite an explosive arms race. Nor are such arms necessary for the preservation of the Israeli state. If Israel were ever subjected to a full-scale Arab attack, the same arms would be used by U.S. and U.N. forces in immediate action against the aggressor. By clearly stating that the present boundaries will be maintained, the U.S. will both forestall an arms race and protect Israel...
...they left the cricket grounds at Lord's. In the program, gentlemen were entitled to have their initials listed before their names; not so the players, who were listed only by their surnames. Professionals played on the same teams as the amateurs and were cheered with no less fervor...
...chair telling a fairy story. Despite the dull camerawork, says Schorr, "she was a good actress and told the story warmly and simply." Next, in Schorr's monitoring, came an excerpt from a play called Red Clouds. The plot: a young man is torn between the revolutionary fervor of 1905 and the pious exhortations of his father, an Orthodox priest; he breaks away from the "evil influence of religion," curses his father, goes off to join the workers' revolt...