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On reading Crockford's last week, Geoffrey Francis Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury, said: "Most unfair and unseemly." Speculated a high churchman: "Whoever the author is, he belongs to the militant low church. [Moreover], no high dignitary, whatever his views . . . would express himself in so petulant a manner or make...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Low Incisiveness? | 6/16/1952 | See Source »

Crimson rooters have been quite vocal in showing their approval of Block-house entertainment, but basketball games might be more enjoyable if these fans were less vociferous. The Dartmouth Daily recently boasted about the "unexcelled spirit" shown at Big Green basketball contests. This particular brand of Dartmouth "spirit" largely consists...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BETWEEN THE LINES | 1/19/1952 | See Source »

Shahn was (and is) a candid-camera bug, not in the least reluctant to use his photographs as painting notes. Among the people who dislike his work are esthetes who think his realistic pictures overly .sentimental and sentimentalists who dislike their grimness. Shahn energetically belabors such easy targets. "Is there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Baffling Ben | 11/5/1951 | See Source »

Thanks to Director Stevens, all three of the picture's stars do the best acting of their careers. In the pivotal role, Actor Clift's sensitive, natural performance gives the film a solid core of conviction. Actress Taylor plays with a tenderness and intensity that may surprise even...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Sep. 10, 1951 | 9/10/1951 | See Source »

Fourth Day. The Communist answer to this was a petulant suggestion that Joy had no valid reason for his action, asked that the conferences start up again on the same basis as before. Cried Radio Peking (in its own brand of English): "There is some dubiety that the American side...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: War: Red Backdown | 7/23/1951 | See Source »

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