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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...areas they levied taxes, ran their own schools, newspapers and factories. They maintained their headquarters brazenly in Manila and drew up a plan for seizure of the city itself. Farmers, forced under antiquated laws to pay 70% of their crops to hereditary landlords, gave the Huks sanctuary, and soldiers, often unpaid for months, felt small inclination to hunt them down. Sleeping only three hours a night, Magsaysay took to the air, island-hopped from army post to army post. When he found soldiers living in shacks and eating miserable food, he fired their officers on the spot. Dropping in unannounced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PHILIPPINES: Death of a Friend | 3/25/1957 | See Source »

Hunter's message of hope and heart-balm ("Young love, our love, we share with deep emotion") was not lost on his fellow filmsters, nor was its bestseller ranking: first on almost all popularity charts, including first in store sales and on jukeboxes, most often played by disk jockeys. Among Hollywood-be singers who were nibbling at Hunter's slice of the pie last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Hollywood Spinners | 3/25/1957 | See Source »

...NEWS originated in the fall of 1956 to consolidate three programs: HARVARD TODAY, SPORTS FINAL, and MIDNIGHT REPORT. It is intended to blend late evening news coverage into one program which presents a unified approach to events ranging from the strictly local to the international. Often, for example, a Harvard professor will comment publicly on a political issue; on the other hand a person of world reknown will often visit the Harvard community. ALL THE NEWS, by juxtaposing the coverage of these events, places each story in its proper context both here at Harvard and in the global scene...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: News Up to the Minute... | 3/23/1957 | See Source »

...whom reactions are always strong and most often favorable, the majority opinion holds that his intense and nearly formidable exterior is the true earnest of a lively and curious intellect, and that his seeming dogmatism and frank outspokeness is rather an extremely moral and courageous statement of opinion for its own sake. According to one of his former students, he will often take a point as the devil's advocate, in order to stimulate discussion and thinking. And he is always willing to shift his opinion in those rare cases in which he is bested. Asked whether he views teaching...

Author: By Gerald E. Bunker, | Title: Truth and Beauty | 3/22/1957 | See Source »

Socially, the regular run of House dances is supplemented by frequent mixers, notably one with Wellesley early in the fall, general outings, and this year a splash party in the I.A.B. Throughout the year, special House dinners are often arranged followed by such speakers as U.S. Senator Leverett Saltonstall, Robert E. Sherwood and Joseph Alsop in recent years. This year, Senator John F. Kennedy, an ex-Winthrop House member, will speak at the Senior Dinner...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Winthrop Is a Versatile House | 3/22/1957 | See Source »

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