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Although Sayre and his supporters maintain that the "publish-or-perish" question is the main issue, the college's action is also being contested on legal grounds. The argument revolves around the interpretation of the teuure rules of Tufts and of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP...

Author: By A. DOUGLAS Matthews, | Title: Tufts Professor Protests Dismissal; 900 Students Call for Reinstatement | 4/7/1964 | See Source »

...scared out of South Viet Nam and throws in the sponge, we, as a free nation, will perish within 20 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Mar. 13, 1964 | 3/13/1964 | See Source »

...Rindge, Graham was more harsh than soft-toned. "The Bible says God will judge the secrets and intents of our hearts," he intoned. "Jesus said: 'Except ye repent, ye shall perish,' He called for conversion. Conversion will make you free...

Author: By David M. Gordon, | Title: Graham Closes Out Harvard Stay, Thirty-One Drop Cards in Box | 2/21/1964 | See Source »

Nothing could seem less promising, or more likely to induce yawns, except, perhaps, within sneering distance of the Café Flore. But Miss Sarraute is a genuine minor genius, whose motto might be "They that live by the word shall perish by the word." By the time she is through, the Louis XVI chairs are all beslobbered with blood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mayhem & Manners | 2/7/1964 | See Source »

What's mainly wrong with Texas, though, is what's wrong with all Clan pictures: the attitude of the people on the screen. They constitute an ingroup, and they seem bored with the outside world. Sometimes, perish the thought, they even seem bored with each other. They scratch, they mumble, they hack around. They appear less concerned to entertain the public than to indulge their private fantasies. Maybe they ought to call their next picture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Two from Martin | 1/10/1964 | See Source »

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