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...stepped forward was Kornei Chukovsky, 78, in his time the friend of Anton Chekov and Maxim Gorky. After recalling his long friendship with Pasternak, Chukovsky gingerly approached the crucial question: Pasternak's quarrel with the Communist Party. It resulted, said Chukovsky, from Pasternak's sharing Leo Tolstoy's pacifism and his refusal to "condone the resistance to evil by violence." In this Pasternak erred, stated Chukovsky. Then, having made the necessary obeisance to the Kremlin, he went on strongly to praise his old friend as a "splendid fighter," a perfect model of how an artist "should defend...
...principle-don't hurt cats and they won't hurt you-is sound for lions even in the lion's own domain. Unlike most books about pets, which can only be classed with disposable Kitty Litter, this one is not sentimental. The subject, a female felis leo somaliensis, is too big for that. This great creature was the pet and pride of Joy Adamson, a Kenya game warden's wife, and she has communicated the delight and wonder of life with the lioness experienced by herself and her husband George...
When the University of Illinois' Daily Illini last month deplored excessive necking at campus parties, Biology Professor Leo F. Koch, 44, sent the newspaper a forthright, academically, free reply: "With modern contraceptives and medical advice readily available at the nearest drugstore, or at least a family physician, there is no valid reason why sexual intercourse should not be condoned among those sufficiently mature to engage in it without social consequences and without violating their own codes of morality and ethics. A mutually satisfactory sexual experience would eliminate the need for many hours of frustrating petting and lead to happier...
Latest darling of the far-out art set is a can mild-mannered Texan named Robert Rauschenberg. His exhibition at Manhattan's Leo Castelli Gallery last week drew admiring crowds, though some gawkers seemed in secret doubt of what they saw. As on another occasion, famed in fable when an emperor paraded in invisible clothes, the atmosphere was both festive and constrained...
...analysis of Republican cross-over voting by Chicago Correspondent Donald Janson, 4) a sidebar analysis by Chicago Bureau Chief Austin Wehrwein, 5) an analysis of New York Democratic reaction by Political Reporter Leo Egan, and 6) a New Jersey reaction analysis by Reporter George Cable Wright...