Word: grahamism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Brooms. For all its blatant oversimplification, The Ugly American (a title that seeks to go beyond and below Graham Greene's The Quiet American) has the great merit of drawing the reader into a vital subject rarely treated by fiction. And this Book of the Month Club selection does illustrate the fact that no nation in history has ever faced the problems the U.S. encounters. Like proconsuls of General Napier's type, U.S. officials are held responsible for the welfare of millions, are expected to attend to their wants and hopes, from plumbing to higher education. But, unlike...
...reaction to Golden's confession was overwhelming. Neighbors stopped by to shake hands, telegrams poured in, both phones jangled incessantly. Financier Bernard Baruch, U.N. Mediator Frank Graham and Adlai Stevenson sent their firm support. Poet Carl Sandburg, who wrote the introduction to Golden's book, told a reporter: "This only ties me closer to him." Wired a New York friend: "So what else...
...Sceptre too rugged. With a foot less waterline length (45 ft. v. 44 ft.), Sceptre's displacement is 68,000 Ibs. compared to 56,800 for Columbia. While Columbia's bow knifes through waves at the waterline, Sceptre bashes them with her barrel chest. Even British Helmsman Graham Mann guardedly admitted: "If she has a bias, it's toward the heavy side...
...works of top quality each season amidst a mass of mediocrity. Last summer producer Lee Falk offered nothing but plays of high quality--Jonson's Volpone, Anouilh's Thieves' Carnival, Fry's Venus Observed, Shaw's Back to Methuselah, Giraudoux's The Madwoman of Chaillot, and Graham Greene's The Potting Shed. The 1958 season of eight plays constituted a letdown from last year, but it was far better than all the pre-1957 seasons...
...same time, the University announces the appointment of C. Graham Hurlburt to the position of Administrative Assistant to the Director of Dining Halls. Hurlburt was the manager of the Faculty Club...