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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...despite the skill, it is hard to see why anybody should care an iota what happens to Fuller's hero. Life may mean nothing, positive values may be ephemeral dreams, and happiness may be best symbolized by the orgasm, but these are attitudes which at this late date make unstimulating reading. Yet it is the very monotony, the lack of anything difficult or original, which couples with the skillful whodunit to make "A Far Place" an eminently successful diversion. After all, who wants to be stimulated after eight hours in the stacks...
...victory. In Aiken's play the affirmation lacks conviction; it is beautiful but momentary, and cannot exist as one with the horrors. If Aiken had meant to say this--if this is something to say--his play would be successful in every respect. I do not believe he did mean...
Kidron's announcement was reported by sources close to the delegation to mean Israel is preparing to pull her troops back from the Gulf of Aqua and the Gaza Strip...
...name only, since groups are formed out of English 10 and really just serve as section meetings for that course. This is unavoidable for non-honors as well as honors candidates. Certainly solid background is a necessary prerequisite for a good student and scholar, but a liberal education must mean more than general knowledge...
...crowded niche in Widener or a grimy office along Massachusetts Avenue. As Eliot House Master John H. Finley Jr. '14 expressed the idea, "The first step for the creation of the Houses as real communities is the enlistment of an increased proportion of faculty time." This does not necessarily mean that the professor would have less time for his personal work, but only that he would do more of it in the Houses. As a result, he may find that he can reapportion his time in a manner more stimulating to him, and certainly more welcomed by the student...