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...make it out to be. The students have plenty of social life and take a number of weekends off. The teaching fellow program and the opening of the new Graduate center has helped remove some of the admitted impersonality from student life. But there is no doubt that the grind here is more demanding, and that the atmosphere of the place is less leisurely. Harvard men are notorious for the time they spend "talking...
Father's Little Dividend. In a lively sequel to the original Spencer Tracy-Joan Bennett-Elizabeth Taylor comedy, the Father of the Bride becomes a grind-father (TIME, April...
...leak" uncomplimentary stories about him to newsmen. Last week the leak was briefly turned against Vice President Alben Barkley. The word was whispered around Washington that Alben Barkley could never run again for the vice presidency. "The old man," said one Senator, "just can't take the grind any more." Barkley, newsmen were told, hasn't even enough strength left to preside over the daily sessions of the Senate, is forced to pass out the job to other Democratic Senators. Columnist Robert S. Allen dished out a full portion of his own inside dope: "Vice President Barkley...
...Greek's Words. In some respects, though, General Wedemeyer was the most refreshing of all the military witnesses who had appeared in the MacArthur hearing. He clearly had no ax to grind. He admitted freely that he had not always been right in the past. At one point, he said: "I don't believe the military has ever solved an international problem, nor will. It just expands, perpetuates and breeds hate and suspicion." When a Senator asked a puzzler, Wedemeyer would admit to puzzlement. "Senator," he told Oregon's Wayne Morse in one exchange, "that...
...flag drop, 33 low-hung, overpowered racing cars, almost blacked out by clouds of dust and exhaust smoke, roared down the brick and asphalt Indianapolis Speedway track last week in the first lap of the 500-mile Memorial Day grind. The Speedway rightfully prides itself on being the proving ground for most of the automotive advances in the past 40 years, and this year improved cars and equipment produced a whole roster of shiny new records. But speed outstripped design. Only six of the starting thoroughbreds managed to last the full distance...