Word: paragrapher
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...they seemed to say what I did not really say. The "abysmal mediocrity" was part of a long historical summary on the ups and downs of Catholic higher learning, not an indictment of present-day efforts. The charge of being "almost universally destitute of intellectual leadership" was from a paragraph much later on that referred to a specific problem: "As to civil rights and equal opportunity for all races, we have been almost universally destitute of intellectual leadership in our colleges and universities. I know of no research in this area." This latter is an indictment, of course, and unfortunately...
Those who have discerned a frivolous irrelevancy in the preceding paragraph will be heartened to hear that I will now comment upon the issue of the Advocate whose red and lavender cover shimmers on Cambridge news-stands. While the 1876 collection gave rise to unallayed pleasure, perusal of its descendant was attended by a palpable malaise, varied only by sharp twinges of pain. In the first place, it seems inexcusable for the Advocate to print the work of a professional poet, Pulitzer Prize winner, Peter Viereck. In addition, the piece itself (scene 9 of a new play) is a clearly...
...personal interest in, and compassion with, the problems which face the nation. Liberal quotations from his speeches, past or present, should be used ... It is also to be kept in mind that, in making announcements of local projects, the President should be given a credit line in the lead paragraph...
...Nephew sets out to disown both the technique and theme of Malcolm. The first paragraph shows us that a different, more conservative Purdy is writing...
President Kennedy's decision to cancel the development of a nuclear-powered military airplane brought howls of consternation from several airframe, engine and electronics manufacturers. In a terse paragraph in his defense budget message to Congress, the President favored dropping the 15-year-old project because, although $1 billion has been lavished on the program, "the possibility of achieving a militarily useful aircraft in the foreseeable future is still very remote." The U.S., he went on, would have to spend at least another billion "to achieve the first experimental flight." The President proposed to shunt "the entire subject matter...