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Illinois to Hungary. Even in the eighth century, Americans, though facing mainly the challenge of their own Western opportunity, reacted again and again at the popular level to events bearing on freedom and justice in distant lands. In 1849, for example, Americans and Britons alike were sympathetic with the erupting nationalist revolutions in Europe, and particularly indignant about the Habsburgs' brutal suppression of the Hungarian revolution. In September 1849, well before the days when there was a Hungarian bloc anywhere in the U.S., a promising Illinois Congressman named Abraham Lincoln proposed a resolution to a pro-Hungarian mass meeting...
...clock: --Late sleepers with a scientific bent should appreciate an expedition to native and foreign galaxies. Dr. Thomas subs for Captain Video as Astronomy 1 takes to the space lanes. Launching platform: Byerly 1. The ever-popular David Owen will be missing from his customary position as head of History 142's second half. Mr. Beale, a highly-touted import from the University of London, will lead the tour of the Crystal Palace in History of England from 1688 to the Present at Sever 11. Ruben Brower will bring his critical technique to English 162, Readings in English Literature Since...
...pack now numbers 40, but one among them, an amiable grey-coated fellow named Winston, was easily the most popular ape on the Rock. In 1954, when Britain's Queen visited her Mediterranean stronghold, proud Winston was granted an official audience with Prince Charles and Princess Anne...
Insomnia, one of the most common complaints, usually originates in the mind rather than the body. Occasional bouts can be treated with drugs (which have become so popular that a woman patient debated: "I don't know whether to take a Benzedrine and go to a party or take a Seconal and go to bed"). But the chronic variety requires a plumbing of the patient's psychological difficulties. Modell also suggests some nonmedical remedies: changing sleeping habits, eating before bedtime, swigging a nightcap, reading in bed. Counting sheep is not much help...
...raucous laughter echoed on to haunt the critics. Today these impressionist "palette scrapings," as they were derisively called, are among the most popular paintings of Western art. And their popularity commands a hefty price. The two new acquisitions of impressionist painting (opposite) by Manhattan's Museum of Modern Art and Minneapolis' Institute of Art are today valued by experts at upwards of $30,000 apiece...