Word: manye
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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America the Vincible couches its philippics in an aphoristic style of baroque density, alliteratively peppered with Peter Piperisms, e.g., "Many myths thus made the marvelous mirage." But its basic message is simple and fervent: the U.S. must think its way through to the right answers, for "our nation lives under...
But now, as President Eisenhower prepares to set out on his gala 13-nation trip, many months after The Ugly American appeared, the United States still has an ambassador in Paris who speaks German, no French, and an ambassador in Bonn who speaks French, no German. In addition, American embassies...
There are, of course, lucky exceptons: Douglas Dillon and David K. E. Bruce are examples of amateurs who became outstanding professionals. But the rule generally holds: in many important nations American ambassadors have little diplomatic experience, little knowledge of the native language and customs; in short, little qualification for their...
Elliott Perkins '23, Master of Lowell House, agreed that graduate students "would be a pleasant addition," but doubted that any could be accomodated next year. "Too many students have already asked for deconversion," Perkins stated, "to permit graduate students into the House."
That's the first prerequisite. The second involves not letting the name William Faulkner cross your mind during the show, for it will only evoke sympathy for Mr. Faulkner and antipathy for Jerry Wald, of Peyton Place fame, who lovingly identified Faulkner with his film, but who cunningly ripped up...