Word: leveler
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...letters seem to point more clearly to how closely Wolfe did live his novels. The germs of so many incidents appear with the natural infelicity of statement characteristic of correspondence that make one wonder by what marvelous transformation his life was so skillfully wrought into art. And on another level, the letters wonderfully reveal the feeling and personalities of the time. Particularily interesting is his correspondence and flighty friendship with the decaying F. Scott Fitzgerald...
...completely antagonistic to any high moral purpose, and they refuse to acknowledge the gravity of their mistake. Their recent activities have caused a substantial rise of anti-Americanism in Canada, our closest ally, and in the rest of the world. We have grudgingly tolerated investigative irresponsibility on a national level, but we cannot allow it to affect foreign relations...
Describing his views as close to those of Fabian Socialism and, on the international level, Nehru's neutralism, Tsuru said he gradually shifted toward "realism and moderation" as he matured. He was first disillusioned by the Hitler-Stalin Non-aggression Past...
...outline, they had to say. Such a course would not only deepen students' understanding of the text, but would enable them to choose with some degree of understanding which authors they wished to study most intensely. Perhaps a course of this nature could be given as an upper-level social sciences course, open to freshmen considering concentration in classics. As evidenced by the success of similar courses at Yale and Princeton, the course would probably have a wide general appeal...
Secondly, a revamping of the lower and middle level examinations ought to be undertaken to require more philosophical, literary, and historical analysis. Perhaps several hour exams in translation would be in order, leaving the finals free for less technical material that would tax more than the student's memory...