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A love of pure form and decoration, a Hedonistic lack of force, and an amazingly subtle feeling for texture can be seen in Matisse's "Oriental Woman." In "Bust Of A Girl," the artist reveals a dexterous economy of line, coupled with a type of precision which is neither rigid...

Author: By John Wilner, | Title: THE ARTS | 10/1/1940 | See Source »

Japanese nationalists look on Christianity less as a religion than as part of the way of life of the U. S. and Britain. And the Japanese are suppressing Christianity with Oriental courtesy. Foreign financial aid, they hinted last week, need not be halted - if foreign mission boards will simply turn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Persecution in Japan | 9/30/1940 | See Source »

Alaska has been vulnerable to invasion since navies were converted from sail to steam. It took the airplane to make it a strategic area from which an attack could be launched against the U. S. From the southern boundary of the narrow, water-laced Alaska panhandle which extends southward along...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Strategic Map: Northwest Frontier | 9/30/1940 | See Source »

Among the visiting scholars will be Professor Rudolf Carnap, of the University of Chicago, noted as one of the most distinguished of modern European Philosophers; Hertrand Russell, noted English philosopher, who will be William James Lecturer on Philosophy; Professor Charles E. Merriam, of the University of Chicago, noted authority on...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TEN DISTINGUISHED SCHOLARS WILL BE VISITING LECTURERS | 9/23/1940 | See Source »

One lush Oriental rug, a set of expensive linen damask tablecloths, and several old issues of the CRIMSON valued at $75 apiece, were destroyed by the hungry jaws of 200 black mice which were dumped into the CRIMSON building last week by a vandal yet unidentified.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mouse Brings 199 Cousins To Feast in Crimson Office | 9/20/1940 | See Source »

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