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...second, much smaller, national student organization goes by the name Intercollegiate Society of Individualists (ISI). Other than that ISI is ideologically grounded in the "objectivist" philosophy (reason, self-interest, individualism, capitalism) of novelist Ayn Rand (The Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged), little is known about this group...
Henk was a brilliant student, and fired with the zeal of mission: the salvation of South Africa for its rightful owners, the Boers. Turning down a fat scholarship in Britain, he entered Stellenbosch University, the fountainhead of Afrikanerdom, and became South Africa's first Ph.D. in mass psychology. In 1927, he married Elizabeth Schoombee, a petite fellow student at Stellenbosch. In many ways, Betsie Verwoerd is as remarkable as her husband. Holder of an M.A. in education, she has borne him five boys and two girls-and brags that no black ever bathed them or put them...
...Apprenticeship. The fountainhead of talent on which both of these groups depends is the provincial theater. In Britain there are 57 fulltime, professional repertory companies-twice as many as in the U.S., which is four times as populous and 40 times bigger. The regional theater is provincial in name only. The Bristol Old Vic, for example, now has had three of its productions running in repertory in London this season, next year will perform three Shakespeare works on Broadway...
...Fountainhead. Moyers has been long enough at the fountainhead of power to feel almost certain that he will remain in public life. Few Texans see a bright future for him as an elected representative of their state; his views on civil rights and economics are too liberal. Lately he has grown more interested in foreign relations, and may some day head in that direction. In any case, he is unlikely to abandon the seminary-bred notion of service. "Do you know that the word 'idiot' comes from the Greek?" asks Moyers, who studied the language in order...
...played by Rod Taylor, John Cassidy is a fountainhead of wild Irish charm, a two-fisted brawler whose pursuit of the arts looks rather like typing practice. Now and then, between barroom fights and bedroom bouts, he taps out a masterpiece or two for the Abbey Theatre. But if his escapades are superficial biography, they often come across as stirring, hearty drama...