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...play is a cleverly-manipulated indictment of the internal workings of the Communist Party in an anonymous European country which M. Sartre does not call France. A young intellectual-idealist has been selected by Moscow to assassinate the national party leader (Boyer), who is believed to be preparing a compromise with the government. Before the agent can do this, his wife falls in love with the intended victim. He finally commits the murder just when he finds her in the arms of the leader...

Author: By George A. Lelper, | Title: The Playgoer | 11/24/1948 | See Source »

...Heart." ("So normal and well-rounded, but she sends her dreams to the laundry.") It has lyrics by John LaTouche, music by Paul Bowles and features the voices of Libby Holman and Josh White on the sound track. The girl in the case is that familiar type of sexual idealist who later becomes a rampant realist...

Author: By George A. Lelper, | Title: Dreams That Money Can Buy | 10/28/1948 | See Source »

...activities--and thus to cut the right corners. You will find that most people, both in the student body and the faculty, are understanding. But nobody around here is going to take you by the hand. The College is trying to build what President Conant calls "the tough-minded idealist." So make your own way and learn to like...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Stay Loose | 9/23/1948 | See Source »

...Ella Reeve ("Mother") Bloor, an idealist rebel. She came from a fine old colonial family. When she was 14, she demanded that her name be taken off the rolls of the Presbyterian Church in Bridgeton, N.J., because she did not think it fair for some people to be destined for hell and others for heaven. She was, successively, a suffragette, Prohibitionist, Ethical Culturist, Single Taxer, a partisan of William Jennings Bryan, Eugene Debs and Upton Sinclair. When the Russian Revolution came along, she found the spiritual home for which she had searched so long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMUNISTS: A Girl Who Hated Cream Puffs | 9/20/1948 | See Source »

Your article on Henry Wallace reflects the general attitude of the American voter, to wit, that this potential quisling is an amiable crackpot, and for an idealist who has been duped by the Communists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 23, 1948 | 8/23/1948 | See Source »

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