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...campus life" section, the guide cities the numerous cultural and intellectual activities at Harvard, which it says are "enough to overwhelm any student." In its comparative study of Yale, the guide reports that "prestige symbols on campus now include the intellectual as well as the social...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Classes Satisfy Plodders, New Guide Says | 11/23/1964 | See Source »

Kennedy has run a far more respectable campaign than his brother Edward ran in Massachusetts two years ago to swamp George Cabot Lodge. Robert Kennedy won't overwhelm Kenneth Keating, but he will probably join his younger brother's club this January

Author: By Richard Cotton, | Title: A Subdued RFK Plays to Huge Crowds | 10/30/1964 | See Source »

...Renaissance artist imposed on his curvy allegory of the feverish season of love, spotlighting by colored panels the gestures that narrate the painting. As on the chessboard, where the rational, 64-square battleground can scarcely contain the emotional knight, Ortman does not let the truth of his analysis overwhelm beauty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Making Cheerful Symmetry | 4/24/1964 | See Source »

...from Bramhall, the leads were unexceptionable and unexceptional. Rittenhouse as Antony delivered his funeral oration energetically to a rabble that performed with precision, though perhaps their screaming responses were too loud and too frequent. In the second half Rittenhouse too was swept away with a pace that seemed to overwhelm everyone. George Hamlin as Caesar was remarkable in making almost no impression while on the stage. He was overshadowed by his attendants in the procession scene, and by the conspirators on the way to the Capitol...

Author: By Donald E. Graham, | Title: Julius Caesar | 4/17/1964 | See Source »

...moderate voters may pull Rockefeller's total below Goldwater's. But if citizens heed Rockefeller's plea to "vote for one of the candidates who has openly declared himself a candidate, and who has traveled in the state to discuss the issues with you," then the united moderates may overwhelm the Goldwater backers...

Author: By Michael Lerner, | Title: Senator on Horseback | 3/10/1964 | See Source »

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