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...taken Kavalerov into his house out of pity for a helpless tippler, and tells himself that in the new era "not all feeling is doomed.'' Volodia is the real horror-a rugged, athletic subman who despises emotion and can write to his mentor: "I am a human machine. You won't recognize me . . ." The contest between the human machine and the two dreamers is unequal; for Kavalerov and Ivan, the only victories are oral, and they subside into a world of fantasy in which decency and humanity go out in a brave show of courage...
...scientific fraud in the form of a faked photo of an experiment is uncovered, and a court of dons quietly strips the seeming culprit of his rank as a university fellow. Hush-hush becomes buzz-buzz as the ex-fellow, Donald Howard, insists that his renowned old scientific mentor, now dead, framed him. To compound this apparent caddishness, Howard is also a fellow traveler and a boorish personality. His only ally is the conscience of a few of his colleagues who fear justice has miscarried...
...major in the Civil War), but took Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Philippines in a war that was as close to comic opera as a shooting war could be. Some members of the Cabinet were so incompetent that only blind party loyalty could account for his devotion. His political mentor, Senator Mark Hanna of Ohio, was so obviously the errand boy of the trusts that not even the wildest admirer of McKinley could hope to explain away the President's regard for big business. Yet Author Leech shows McKinley as his own man. If he rooted for the trusts...
Insights & Irreverence. One day last week, an odd procession of professors paced the place, each carrying a cornstalk. They looked like primitive rain worshipers. In a sense they were. Happy fugitives from many a brain-drying university, they were free to ponder-corn. And to their mentor. Botanist Edgar Anderson of St. Louis' Washington University, corn is the kernel of everything...
...Crimson mentor Art Valpey's debut neared in 1948, the veteran Columbia squad, coached by Lou Little and paced by quarterback Gene Rossides and halfback Lou Kusserow, was a solid favorite. The Lions rolled up 26 first downs, a record for the school, and 480 yards gained, but this was not enough. Harvard scored four of the first six times it had the ball, on a 60-yard run, a 16-yard pass after a running play had covered 54 yards, an 18-yard rush after a backfield fumble, and a 36-yard touchdown throw. The score at the half...