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The unusual and the ironical, however, are the rule rather than the exception in the life of Billings, who is now prosaically working on his Economics doctorate.

Author: By Richard A. Burgheim, | Title: Graduate Student Argued Own Case; Beat Army in Supreme Court Test | 3/12/1952 | See Source »

Some of the most respected courses in the College treat of scientifically evolved methods of secure co-operation of groups in just such situations. The principles have been worked out and have been satisfactory in practice. It is, therefore, somewhat ironical, not to say frustrating, to see one department of...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Group Cooperation | 3/5/1952 | See Source »

In both Red capitals there was festive wining & dining. Mao himself was not reported present at any public show. Rumors: 1) he was on his way to Moscow, 2) he was in Moscow, 3) he had had a heart attack. But Mao's propagandists spoke up for him. They...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Axis Birthday | 2/26/1951 | See Source »

"We are all of us surrounded each moment with infectious attitudes from the ruling class and their culture ... We must, as Mao Tse-tung has pointed out, wash our hands several times each day. It was in its departure from socialist realism, with all its ironical possibilities, that the Piggie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Dissertation on Red Pig | 2/26/1951 | See Source »

And yet can the Anderson Bridge be expected to carry its daily load in the same honest way that it did in olden times? Can it stand firm in the knowledge that a new, younger structure is trying to take its place? How ironical its dedication now seems: "May this...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cabbages and Kings | 2/9/1951 | See Source »

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