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...symbol, if a reader follows the gracefully conceived, somewhat revisionist argument of Richard Marius, one of the editors of The Yale Edition of the Complete Works of St. Thomas More and now an English professor at Harvard. It is Marius' persuasive thesis that, far from being the serene humanist made popular by Robert Bolt in his play A Man for All Seasons, More was a soul tormented by the little death knells of ticktocking time, and haunted even more by the silences of eternity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Obsession | 12/24/1984 | See Source »

...lock on the position of Secretary of Education, left open by the announced resignation of T.H. Bell. Bennett insists that there is "no connection" between the study and the secretaryship, adding, "It would break my heart if it were read that way." On the other hand no one, including Humanist Bennett, claimed he would be brokenhearted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Powerful Pitch for the Humanities | 12/10/1984 | See Source »

...Feminist?" the 33-year-old Jacklin makes a face. "I'm a humanist. Feminists--it's like being in the army or something. I'm not quite there...

Author: By Melissa I. Weissberg, | Title: What's the Message? | 10/24/1984 | See Source »

...Done problems with Wellesley. Harvard feminists recently have had a lot to keep themselves busy. Lowell House Drama Society's current staging of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House resists the temptation to capitalize on this furor. By shifting the play's emphasis from feminist to humanist, the production loses none of the original interpretation's power while finding a deeper and more universal message...

Author: By Daniel J. Hurwitz, | Title: Open House | 4/27/1984 | See Source »

...wreak. Though The Real World fails as a piece of fiction, it offers sobering insight into the white collar world. Revealed in all its stark vacuity is the antiseptic, materialistic world of budget sheets, computers and industry analyses that soaks up precious energy of today's young executives. Any humanist contemplating a business career should read The Real World before entering into what may later be regretted as a Faustian pact...

Author: By William S. Benjamin, | Title: The Prisoner of Madison Avenue | 4/25/1984 | See Source »

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