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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Fischer, superintendent of the Baltimore public schools, said that confusion about communism is the main weakness in high schools today, and "it need not be feared if understood." He urged viewing it in a new way--as a social doctrine rather than as a menace...
Speaking on the subject, "Education in Europe and the U.S.", Conant devoted a main part of his lecture to explaining the basic differences between American and European universities...
Anouilh has conceived of his main characters in pairs, which balance off against each other in perfect classical symmetry. There is the rich, middle-aged Lady Hurf and the poor, middle-aged master thief Peterbono, each constantly trying to outwit the other. There are the two young nieces and the two young apprentice thieves; the gay niece pursues the sad thief and is repulsed, while the gay thief pursues the sad niece and is repulsed. Elderly Lord Edgard wants peace and quiet; the youthful musician thrives on sound and activity. There are Dupont-Dufort pere and fils, who always dress...
...best of Nolan's paintings, Glenrowan Siege, is a free rendering of the Kelly brothers' last stand. Trapped in the hotel in Glenrowan, a small town astride the main railroad north from Melbourne, the Kelly gang's deadly rifle fire held off a company of troopers for 12½ hours until the authorities, who had sent for a twelve-pounder and detachment of garrison artillery, set the hotel on fire...
...legally permissible and medically ethical to abort a woman for "psychiatric reasons"? In Britain, as in most countries, physicians and surgeons have addressed themselves diligently to this problem. Though far from unanimous in details, they have arrived at a clear consensus on the main point. The consensus: such an operation is very rarely justified...