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During his active years, Niebuhr was a 17-hour-a-day dynamo who kept students breathless with rapid, challenging lectures and intense conversations in his unostentatious, book-lined office in the seminary tower. He lived a disciplined, mildly ascetic life and produced 17 major books, plus a torrent of trenchant speeches and articles-often turned out at the last minute. Generous but no word mincer, Niebuhr called pacifists "parasites," death-of-God theologians "infants," and White House religious services "complacent conformity." In 1952, he had a heart attack, the first of several physical ailments that slowed but did not stop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Death of a Christian Realist | 6/14/1971 | See Source »

Losses mounted; Evans became a Seconal customer. He was not, after all, Irving Thalberg. Still, he was a contemporary version of the studio czar, a two-time loser as a husband, an 18-hour-a-day man at the office, constantly visible at parties, previews, promotions. Was this what a Wellesley girl was meant for? Entries in the Ali MacGraw notebook: 1) "To marry a second time represents the triumph of hope over experience." 2) "Do you want to be in the movies?" he asked. "Yes, I think so . . . Now," she said. "Why?" "Because . . . I guess . . . it will be okay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Ali MacGraw: A Return to Basics | 1/11/1971 | See Source »

...plans to broadcast on a 24-hour-a-day basis, introducing major innovations in the type and quality of programs produced...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Court Takes License From WHDH; Group Plans to Change Local TV | 11/21/1970 | See Source »

...addition, Bruner said, Currier's security system has led to a 24-hour-a-day bells system, as opposed to a 16-hour-a-day system in other Radcliffe dorms...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Cliffe Pays Students $2 Per Hour For Doing Bells at Currier House | 10/26/1970 | See Source »

assigned spaces for Faculty and staff or 24-hour-a-day residents...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Releases Revised Schedules of Parking Fees | 8/18/1970 | See Source »

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