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...essays on the art of writing sound. Surely the extent of the dalliance is clear beyond reasonable doubt. And if we can obtain the conviction, we must congratulate the father on his splendid brood. For Gertrude Stein did not spawn just one "natural" child but an unnaturally gifted litter of literary figures. Her American progeny include, by the way, such robust bastards as Hemingway and Sherwood Anderson...

Author: By William James, | Title: The Imprint of James Upon Psychology | 5/10/1963 | See Source »

...undergraduates set a fire on tracks of a spur of the Pennsylvania railroad, halting further service on the line that night. Eight railroad ties and two cars of the Princeton junction were damaged. Crews from the city of Princeton worked throughout the early hours yesterday morning to clean up litter strewn on the streets. Students got the litter from large trash cans lining several streets as part of the town's current clean-up campaign...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 14 Arrested At Princeton As 1500 Riot | 5/8/1963 | See Source »

...Norman Shumway, whose team has put a dog on the heart-lung machine, removed her heart, stored the heart in cold salt water for seven hours, then put it back. The arteries and great veins were reconnected, but the nerves were not. The mongrel has since had a litter of eight pups, with no evident strain on her nerveless heart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Surgery: The Best Hope of All | 5/3/1963 | See Source »

...artists, Andy Warhol. 31, best plays the part of what a pop artist might expectably be. In his studio, a single pop tune may blare from his phonograph over and over again. Movie magazines, Elvis Presley albums, copies of Teen Pinups and Teen Stars Albums litter the place. Warhol is known for his literal renditions of soup cans, his rows of Marilyn Monroe, Liz Taylor and Troy Donahue. He stencils them onto the canvas by the silk-screen process, then touches in the colors. Though the result can be excruciatingly monotonous, the apparently senseless repetition does have the jangling effect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Pop Art - Cult of the Commonplace | 5/3/1963 | See Source »

...KICK A PUPPY TODAY," "Litter," "Pray for War," "Stamp Out Whooping Cranes" and 27 more protests against Constituted Authority and dogooding readers-digestism. Set of 31 stickers superb for defacing monuments, peace marchers, bad folk singers, mail, Little Leaguers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fads: Spreading the Bad Word | 4/26/1963 | See Source »

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