Word: givens
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...single set for "The Rat Race" is by Donald Oenslager. It looks just like every other set for a New York tenement, but then maybe all tenements look alike. However, Mr. Oenslager has given his set four walls, one of which raises and lowers many times during the evening with all the unobtrusiveness and grace of a freight elevator. Like three or four of the characters, the fourth wall should be done away with. Give the audience a little credit, M. Kanin, Mr. Oenslager...
...made in the attitude towards athletes here. It must not be corrected by a program of athletic scholarships--that we believe most firmly has no place at Harvard. We can play respectable football by merely loosening the stranglehold that the Administration has on any move to give athletes an given chance. But the crucial concern right now is that no attempt to change the situation involve the firing of Arthur Valpey, who may not be the genius he was hailed as last year but who is certainly doing his best--and a definitely competent best--with what material he has.They...
David Lilienthal's decision to retire from public service Wednesday, while not exactly unexpected, was an unhappy event. No man has given more of his time, energy, health, and peace of mind to his country than the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission. He left a luerative private practice in the early thirties to serve first on the Wisconsin Public Utilities Commission, then as Director of the TVA, and finally as AEC head. At no time has his salary approached a just renumeration for his services...
...general charities drives conducted later in the year in the College and Law School will aid the Community Fund. The largest student gift so far is the $1,000 given by members of the Business School. GSAS students have contributed over...
According to Sperry, it has been difficult for the faculty to agree on a definite program of religious instruction. He said he believes that a course on the development of religion in America would be of value. Some consideration has been given, he mentioned, to a General Education course on religion...