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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Bowles continued that both parties, moreover, have "taken too many things for granted" and "swept a lot under the carpet." For instance, the U.S. has blindly held to its "strictly European policy," even though Russia has steadily been gaining control of Asia and Africa...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bowles Says Both Parties to Blame For Present State of World Affairs | 12/10/1958 | See Source »

This year's successful campaign collected over $4,000 more than the 1957 drive, Solomon said. In House-to-House competition, Kirkland House took the lead by a good-sized margin over second-place Dunster in per-capita contributions. Lowell House still held the lead in total money given, trailed closely by Eliot...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Drive Reaches Goal; Kirkland Takes Lead | 12/9/1958 | See Source »

...adventure has now become a journey of selfdiscovery. In Egypt he and his pals thieve and loot, fight against the depraved rulers and finally lead a ragged army to the headwaters of the Nile. There Odysseus builds a Utopian city-state in which marriage is outlawed, children are held in common, and the old and weak are left to die. At first all goes well under Odysseus' rule; then the city is destroyed by a volcanic eruption. Odysseus becomes an ascetic who wanders over Africa, famed as a holy man but farther from God than ever. He sets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Homer Continued | 12/8/1958 | See Source »

Cleveland, leading the Eastern section by one game, pulled out a belated 21-14 decision over the Philadelphia Eagles and runner-up New York held off a comeback drive by the Detroit Lions...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Browns, Giants Win; N.Y. May Attain Tie | 12/8/1958 | See Source »

...delegates heard a talk Saturday morning by Quentin Anderson, head of Columbia's Humanities Department, on "The General Education Program," in which the speaker held that the purpose of any general education program is "to make a whole...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eastern College Seminar Yields Subjects for Future Discussions | 12/8/1958 | See Source »

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