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...Come, Little Michael!" Outside, beyond the garden hedges, a few other refugees from Rumania waited. When the couple appeared, they called, "Come nearer, little Michael," and "Take us back to Bucharest." When Michael stepped close and waved, his former subjects wept. Cried one: "God bless you Greeks for giving my Michael such a fine wedding...
...destroyers in the navy, "fell the honor of being the last ship to leave Dunkirk." On June 3, at 3:40 a.m., she pulled away, with "the German machine guns stuttering in the streets." Naval experts had expected to evacuate 30,000 men at most. The actual total was nearer...
...First is the Report's assumption that the prevailing sexual license reflects the inadequacy of sex standards set up by the churches. Niebuhr admits that neither Catholic nor Protestant attitudes toward sex are all they might be. But with all its faults, maintains Niebuhr, Christian teaching comes much nearer than Dr. Kinsey to a true understanding of the place of sex in human relations. The Kinsey Report, he writes, "proposes to solve the problem, simply by ignoring all deeper aspects of human existence. Sexual drives are analyzed as if they were merely biological impulses, and 'sexual objects...
...Earth last week would have been struck by a peculiar hissing sound. It was a form of static caused by the word "peace" being fervently repeated by millions from Minsk to Minneapolis. Contrary to what the listener might conclude, the phenomenon did not mean that peace was any nearer, or that anyone could relax. In fact, the more people sat back in the belief that peace on earth was just around the corner, the nearer the world would...
...same time the College must be awake to the possibilities of new methods of instruction. Some courses, especially in General Education, have already experimented with the use of papers instead of examinations, and more can be done in this area. In any case, examinations should be brought nearer to the ideal of educational usefulness by more careful marking and return of the papers to the students...