Word: life
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...long ago, a German student wrote of his six weeks at Salzburg, "The Seminar was the greatest intellectual and personal experience of may academic life. The words 'France' or 'Norway' or 'Czechoslovakia' will no more produce as the first association in our minds a piece of the map and some vague prejudices, but very concrete pictures of some friendly faces, acts of courtesy and help, witty remarks or the memory of outstanding personal destines...
Without regard to nationality or political belief, preference in student selection is given to those who plan to teach or enter public life, in order to spread the influence of the Seminar as widely as possible. Application are screened by European student organizations and teachers, and final choice is made after an interview with the Executive Director, Professor John Finch of Dartmouth. All students attend the Seminar without cast to themselves, and where necessary they have their travelling expenses paid...
...political case is harder to argue. It is true that U.S. aid will unquestionably keep Spain safely anti-Communist. But the threat of Communism in Spain is pretty weak. For Spain remains, despite the blurbs of Franco, Farley, and "Life" magazine, a complete military dictatorship. Whether this dictatorship is more or less strict than it was ten years ago is not the issue. Franco's army of 400,000 men keeps "order," and the General is supported by a single recognized political party. Serious opposition is promptly and inevitably imprisoned or liquidated. All of which adds up to Fascism...
...book presents the life of the great financier, perennial representative at Episcopal conventions, and large-scale art collector, concentrating on one of the incidents which best illuminate the man's character and personality. He goes into detailed accounts of Morgan's financial maneuvers only to show how Morgan's role as a great organizer and leader of Wall Street was influenced by his character and how the milestones in the country's financial history brought out his character. The introduction to this theme at the beginning of the book is the same as the ending--a bit of dialogue from...
...fabulous life of Henry VIII has long been juicy material for all sorts of novelists, playwrights, and historians. "The Private Lives of Henry VIII" attempts to deal only with four of his marriages, throwing in a few lines here and there just to show that the king was interested in matters outside the field of sex. Some years ago a British writer observed that the great Tudor had become completely identified with the person of Charles Laughton in the mind of the typical schoolboy. His performance in this 1933 film is classic; whether historically accurate or not, the picture...