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In a tight-rope business, Rentschler is far from infallible. "We naturally make mistakes," says he, "but we have the guts and sense to make it go the next time." For example, the Wasp Majors in Boeing's Stratocruisers developed a long list of bugs when put into service...
Pretend to Be a Seal. The first thing Father Buliard did in Coppermine was to learn Eskimo-an accomplishment, he remarks happily, that gave him a great advantage over his Anglican rivals. He also learned how to put together a reasonable facsimile of a snowhouse, how to catch a seal...
Tincture of Pride. In The Morning Watch, Writer James Agee has come close to a small triumph; he has pierced the protective shell of a boy's personality and exposed the religious exaltation of the boy without once falling into bathos. During the watch in the chapel, Richard'...
The bedfellow in question was the "National Guardian," a New York paper which calls itself "The Progressive Newsweekly" and treads a distinctly fellow-travelling path. In an article entitled IVY LEAGUE DIAGNOSES ITSELF: 'NO GUTS' the Guardian printed chunks of a recent editorial from the CRIMSON about a trend in...
All of these things are just symptoms, of course, but the symptoms add up to Zero. The present atmosphere of the College is a political minus, arrived at by subtracting our self-interests from our ideals. We would much rather be safe and sure and successful than be called names...