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Emerson led the assault of Harvard students of a comtemplative bent, who came to Mount Auburn to lose themselves in the shady walks. James Russell Lowell used to wander through Mount Auburn's glades "in pursuit of poetic thoughts," according to one noted writer, who also noted that Franklin Pierce...

Author: By Gavin R. W. scott, | Title: Tombs, Trees and Corporate Profits | 10/24/1956 | See Source »

This manifest ambition has caused Republicans as well as Democrats to be somewhat restive about their young David. But when Whittier's impending nomination for the governorship caused a split in the state GOP early this summer, considerations of practicality resolved the issue. Furcolo, too, was caught in a party...

Author: By Steven R. Rivkin, | Title: The Loaves and the Fishes | 10/23/1956 | See Source »

Thin Victory. Dodger hearts felt the chill forebodings of impending defeat. If Maglie could not win, who could?

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Decline & Fall | 10/22/1956 | See Source »

In the ninth inning, with the knowledge of his impending feat running through the crowd of 64,519 like an electric current, Larsen got Carl Furillo on a fly, Roy Campanella on a grounder, and ended with a flourish by striking out pinch hitter Dale Mitchell.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: National Sports | 10/9/1956 | See Source »

Famed British Novelist Joyce (The Horse's Mouth) Cory, 67, failed to understand why the newspapers were so maudlin about his impending doom. Now in a wheelchair as a victim of an incurable paralytic disease, Author Cary was astonishingly sanguine over his fate: "I'm not being sentimental...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Aug. 27, 1956 | 8/27/1956 | See Source »

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