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...whole this is a valuable document, for while it sometimes may suggest a student so busy governing himself and asking for democratic procedure that he does nothing else, it has suggested that at least he has a right to this course if he wishes to pursue it. While imperfect, this statement by the Academic Freedom Committee of the American Civil Liberties Union represents an important step

Author: By Adam Clymer, | Title: ACLU Asks Academic Freedoms For Students | 10/26/1956 | See Source »

Kirk is too well aware of the imperfect nature of man to suppose that the world's happiness is just around the corner. He can hardly be called an optimist, and he suffers from the built-in defect of all who distrust specific programs-he has none of his own to propose. But he has faith in the accumulated wisdom of the past, in the ultimate integrity of the individual, in a relationship between God and man that will give life a meaning it cannot otherwise have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Conservatism Revisited | 8/13/1956 | See Source »

...final days of the Festival provided a program given by members of the New York City Ballet. Although the ensemble of the orchestra and supporting dancers was sometimes imperfect, the two stars--Maria Tallchief and Andre Eglevsky--were in top form and rank with the best of ballerinas and danseurs nobles...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb., | Title: Boston Arts Festival Praised As Greatest Success to Date | 7/2/1956 | See Source »

...discarded can be pulverized, mixed with a cellulose adhesive and squeezed out in continuous rolls. For both cigar and cigarette makers, man-made leaf means a big cut in the cost of handling, grading and curing tobacco. Cigar makers who have switched to HTL binder can use imperfect broad-leaf (costing only 30? per lb. v. high-grade broadleaf costing up to 60?), find they need 50% less tobacco. Southern growers are complaining that use of man-made leaf in cigarettes will depress the market even further for the high-grade, high-priced "Bright leaf" they have cultivated for decades...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDUSTRY: New Leaf | 6/18/1956 | See Source »

Step Test Imperfect...

Author: By Cliff F. Thompson, | Title: 'Step Test' Eliminated For Future Freshmen | 5/25/1956 | See Source »

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