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...vigorous historian, Carleton Hayes, F.J. E. Woodbridge with his "angry impersonations of the world's philosophers," John Dewey with his "bagpipe drone," John Erskine with his "princely introductions to the poets"-as well as a cluster of such talented younger men as Mark Van Doren, Mortimer Adler and Irwin Edman. To help pay his bills, Barzun and some friends ran a "perfectly legal and honest tutoring mill" called Ghosts Inc. "No subjects were barred. If a retired minister came who wanted to read Hamlet in Esperanto (one did), we supplied an instructor who spoke the language like a native...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Parnassus, Coast to Coast | 6/11/1956 | See Source »

...into an alltime record year, eight economists at a congressional hearing foresaw only a slight pickup from 1954. At the start of 1956, almost all economists were correct in predicting that business would be good for 1956's first half. However, said the University of Pennsylvania's Irwin Friend, the signs were so plain that "only a very silly forecast could have been wrong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ECONOMIC FORECASTERS: ECONOMIC FORECASTERS | 6/11/1956 | See Source »

...Irwin D. Davidson, Congressman from New York City and member of the New York Bar, will discuss the role of the "Lawyer in Politics" tonight before an informal open meeting of the Pre-Law Society, in Leverett House Junior Common Room...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Davidson to Speak | 4/26/1956 | See Source »

...University of Miami's Irwin Luck, 18, tyro tunesmith, proved his sophomore flair for big-time promotion. Weary of begging Crooner Perry Como to plug a passel of Lucky lyrics, Floridian Luck anted up $500 of his own savings plus $350 from his real-estate man papa, bought a month's space on a huge (20 ft.-by-60 ft.) billboard near Times Square to make his plea public. Excerpt from Luck's open letter to Como: "I pray that you will give me the chance to meet you and maybe hear you sing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Apr. 23, 1956 | 4/23/1956 | See Source »

...IRWIN SPEAR Boston...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 9, 1956 | 4/9/1956 | See Source »

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