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But FitzJames was really no more than a crude pioneer compared to P. J. Asquith, also of Lowell. Asquith maintained for four brilliant years the illusion that he never went to lectures, and made his name by affecting complete indifference to all exams. He went to great lengths to obtain...

Author: By John R. W. smail, | Title: Expert Harvardman Overwhelms Classmates With Policy of Studymanship, Sexmanship | 9/21/1951 | See Source »

But FitzJames was really no more than a crude pioneer compared to P. J. Asquith, also of Lowell. Asquith maintained for four brilliant years the illusion that he never went to lectures, and made his name by affecting complete indifference to all exams. He went to great lengths to obtain...

Author: By John R. W. smail, | Title: Expert Harvardman Overwhelms Classmates With Policy of Studymanship, Sexmanship | 9/20/1951 | See Source »

Within the limits of Hollywood's self-censoring Production Code, the movie follows the play's story faithfully. Again Blanche Du Bois moves into her sister's squalid New Orleans flat, the last stop on her alcoholic, nymphomaniac flight from a tide of troubles: a long siege...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Sep. 17, 1951 | 9/17/1951 | See Source »

The U.S. last week took an important step toward security in the Pacific : acting for the State Department, John Foster Dulles initiated a mutual-defense pact with Australia and New Zealand. The treaty, initialed at the same time by both South Pacific nations, calls for "continuous and effective self-help...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TREATIES: Pacific Pact | 7/23/1951 | See Source »

Gunnery Trainer. The secret of Cinerama is its outsize, curved screen and six synchronized sound tracks, which combine to give a remarkable illusion of depth (see diagram). Waller's invention got its first rigorous testing during the war as a gunnery trainer, was used by the armed forces to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Third Dimension | 7/2/1951 | See Source »

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