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Where does Vice President Johnson fit into the picture of presidential advisers? Has the President chosen to overlook the abilities of his recent "boss" in the Senate? If the situation in Latin America required a visit from a top representative, why couldn't the Vice President be sent...
Thank you for the refreshing pleasure of reading your article about the Murchisons. This report should be an example to the too many "frightened" businessmen of the U.S. who overlook the abundance of opportunities for free enterprise for men with "guts" who do not need recourse to the Federal Government. My hat's off to the Murchisons for upholding the pride of capitalism. I hope they set a precedent and make a trillion dollars...
Harvard classes traditionally are nebulous entitles--at least until the alcoholic camaraderie of the 25th reunion instills a feeling of class togetherness. To write a class history thus presents formidable problems: the author must overlook great differences among the 1,000-plus individuals contained in a class and make dubious generalizations about a non-homogeneous group. In spite of the many divisive factors at the College, particularly the House system, 1961 has manifested some indications of class unity. The Class of 1961, for better or worse, has built up its own ethos in the last four years...
...afternoon of March 29 found Peter Seeger '40 guilty on ten counts for contempt of Congress. I cannot overlook the irony inherent in the conviction of Seeger for refusing to speak before the House Un-American Activities Committee. The most salient factor in the folk singer's character is his seeming inability to stop voicing his political and social opinions. Each Seeger concert is as much the singer's philosophical thesis as the folk songs themselves, and even the song "The Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly" is chacteristically prefaced by the performer, Carnegie Hall, December...
...ecumaniacs"-as Kennedy calls the extreme partisans of the ecumenical movement-overlook the fact that the bigger the church, the more ponderous the machinery. "It all sounds so spiritual and satisfying until a skeptic begins to think of all the administration involved. Then my feet get chilled. Let us face it: the only way an ecclesiastical institution the size of the Roman Catholic Church can function effectively is to be authoritarian. Is this our goal...