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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...artists, a surprising number wear the Communist label in varying shades of red. In Mexico, Diego Rivera and David Siqueiros are all-weather Communists; France's Fernand Leger often parrots the party line; so does Italy's Renato Guttuso. Last week two of modern art's foremost painters, both avowed Communists, were displaying their latest approach to an age-old theme: war and peace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Murals from the Party | 6/1/1953 | See Source »

...Korea by the Chinese in November 1950 bears comparison with anything written about Americans in war. Marshall makes some things clear that will have many a U.S. reader trembling. Here was a whole modern army on the move caught completely by surprise, its units scattered, its communications faulty, its foremost elements short of ammunition to fight off a primitive army that could move only at night and on foot. How it happened-in that one week, south of the Yalu-is superbly and terrifyingly described. It is inconceivable that it could happen in the future to any commander...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Anatomy of Defeat | 6/1/1953 | See Source »

Nathan M. Pusey '28 steps into a hot seat as well as the foremost position in American education as he assumes the Presidency of the University...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Probes, Deficits Head Headaches Of New President | 6/1/1953 | See Source »

...Provost's case it is based on enjoyment of people and an appreciation of their problems and hopes. It is a rare combination, ruthlessness and warmth; but from this paradox of character have come most of the advances by which Harvard has retained its place as the foremost American college...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Provost Buck | 5/8/1953 | See Source »

...Gordon Covell, one of the world's foremost authorities on malaria, will deliver the Cutter Lecture on Preventive Medicine at 5 p.m. today at the School of Public Health...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sir Gordon Covell Will Deliver Cutter Talk at Health School | 5/6/1953 | See Source »

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