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T. Alan Broughton, the author of the best story in the Review, comes much closer to good form in his three-part story of death on a farm, as seen by a small timid, and asthmatic boy. All of Broughton's characters are distinct; his descriptions are fine; and his...

Author: By Frank R. Safford, | Title: The Freshman Review | 5/18/1955 | See Source »

"Some of the Rambam's scientific theories, particularly where he leans on Aristotle, may be outdated," said Chief Rabbi Herzog at last week's ceremonies in Jerusalem. "But where he draws from his own spirit he remains the giant, unsurpassed since his own lifetime. Let us hope and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Rambam | 1/24/1955 | See Source »

Today, done with decanal duties, he sits back in his Littauer Office and modestly recalls his friendship with President Lowell and his deep interest in fostering tutorial. "Self education lies at the basis of the tutorial system," he explains, "with the tutor around to help get a better grasp of...

Author: By John J. Iselin, | Title: Quiet Strength in University 4 | 11/5/1954 | See Source »

"Castile," says British Author V. S. Pritchett, "is a landscape of hidden villages, suddenly come upon, like crocks of earthenware in the soil, crumbling in the summer heat, sodden in the torrential rains of winter; it is a place of sunsets in the haze of dust and of short twilights...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Old Castile | 8/9/1954 | See Source »

For more than a year, one Enrico de Toma, a young last-ditch Italian fascist living in exile across the Swiss border, had tried to peddle these letters to various publishers. None would bite, for they had been denounced as fakes and forgeries by everybody involved, including Winston Churchill and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: They Called It Nerve | 6/7/1954 | See Source »

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