Word: libraryful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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The Recalcitrant Librarian Of all the U.S. citizens who have refused to tell congressional committees about their possible past Communist activities, few have stirred quite such a flurry of controversy as Mrs. Mary Knowles, 46. The Knowles case began in 1953 when FBI Counterspy Herbert Philbrick charged that she and...
She quickly landed on her feet again. But no sooner had she taken over her new job as librarian of the William Jeanes Memorial Library, owned by the Quaker monthly meeting of Plymouth Meeting, Pa., than she kicked up another uproar by refusing to take the Pennsylvania state loyalty oath...
As a result of the program, the once-neglected prison library now circulates up to 500 books a week. But the most important of its accomplishments is the change it has brought about in the attitude of the prisoners. Among those it has helped:
Small War on Murray Hill was the late Robert Sherwood's last play and very likely his mildest one. Telling how British General Sir William Howe (Leo Genn), not too happy about the issues of the American Revolution, dangerously dawdled while occupying New York to enjoy the charms of...
The twelve-day course, formulated only in the last few days, will try to teach the refugees as much basic communication as possible. An English record library will be set up so the group can have continuous contact with the language.