Word: modernizations
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Verdicts Sir; I should like to congratulate TIME [May 5] for its incisive commentary on the return of modern jurisprudence from unguided prag to first principles. If the ideal func tion of a news magazine is to chart the pulse of a changing society, TIME has fulfilled its purpose admirably...
This new objectivity is another indication that time has healed most of the wounds of conflict between the Mormons and the rest of America. America's modern acceptance of the Mormons may be mainly a result of the average American's lack of religious conviction, but in any case this acceptance is a far cry from Mormonism's unpopularity in the last century In addition to the increasing objectivity of non-Mormon observers, the abolition of polygamy and the increasing growth and acceptance of Mormonism have meant a lessened Mormon sensitivity to examination of their society...
...between 50 and 100 books listed under Foods, but they are mostly between 50 and 100 years old, written before most of our present nutritional problems had arisen. These old books can all be taken out by the Harvard and Radcliffe students, unmarried and married with children. A few modern books are listed in the index, but they are mostly in the Medical School Library and some in the Lamont Library, and they can not be taken out by the students. For example, among the books that I suggest is "Tomorrow's Food," by James Rorty and N. P. Norman...
...jointly and mutually responsible,'" says Lloyd Rudolph about Government 119, The Government and Politics of Modern India, which he and his wife, Susanne, are teaching next year. "My work has been chiefly with party structure and Sue is interested in nationalism and imperialism; so we have come to a peaceful division of most of the course...
...Actually, our choices balance each other quite well," said Sue. "Rajastan is part of the old prince-ruled India, and Madras was 'British India' and is more modern. In Rajastan, we lived with the Thakur of Bissau, a nobleman of old Jaipur state and a member of the Rajput warrior caste, and we shot quail and partridge on weekends. Then we moved to the south, where they are more non-violent. Instead of shooting on weekends, we went birdwatching with our Brahmin editor friends...