Word: latters
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Smell of Genius & Sewers. "What a strange lot they were, when I think on it!'' recalls Miller. "Judson Crews of Waco, Texas, one of the first to muscle in, reminded one-because of his shaggy beard and manner of speech-of a latter-day prophet. He lived almost exclusively on peanut butter and wild mustard greens . . ." Some were writers of great books, incomprehensibly without publishers. Another merely "smelled of genius." Another was writing "a chthonian [i.e., from the nether world] drama mirroring the nightmare," etc. Even the man who might put in sewers would do so with...
There is no evidence either that the latter-day Reds have applied Pavlov's principles to their practices in extorting confessions or making brainwashed conversions. Many experts believe that confession and conversion should not be lumped, that confessions involve different emotional mechanisms. (Another distinction: confessions and temporary conversions are common and easily obtained; true, long-lasting conversions are difficult and more rare.) An exhaustive study for the U.S. Department of Defense by Manhattan Drs. Lawrence E. Hinkle and Harold G. Wolff-based on hundreds of intensive studies of escaped and repatriated prisoners from Eastern Europe and China and with...
...These latter organizations furnish their membership with an important part of their individual educational experiences at Harvard, even to the frequent point of exceeding academics in their claim on time and enthusiasm. Meanwhile, they are making valuable contributions toward the richness and diversity of the entire student body. Yet as these groups grow in their own traditions, the University will be increasingly challenged as the real focus of student loyalties...
...caught some atmosphere and had done some interpreting, The CRIMSON's often sporadic praise might have flowed freely. But once again the purchaser of a Yearbook must settle for "dry facts" and a few technical virtues. So as to be obviously kind and understanding, we will begin with the latter...
Joel Landau will have his hands full with rival Dick Fisk from Yale, who beat him last week in the high hurdles, but he appears to have only Roberson to fear in the lows. The varsity's Dave Rosenthal could finish as high as second in the latter...