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But the November Advocate finally shows increased precision in the thankless matter of selection and editing. Fortunately, it also maintains a high level of writing. As a magazine it has balance and poise, and the writing shows the virtues of simplicity and restraint. It is a fine issue.

Author: By Edmund H. Harvey, | Title: The Advocate | 11/19/1954 | See Source »

The Crimson displayed a tight, well-coordinated defense, holding high-scoring Ken Swanson scoreless. Goalie Lindsay Fischer's 12 saves included one he caught off the goal post and another he was just able to deflect over the nets. Halfbacks Stacey Holmes and Denny Little tackled with precision, and repeatedly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Defeats Trinity, 3-2; Hank Holmes Leads Scoring | 11/4/1954 | See Source »

MANHATTAN'S staid Frick Collection last week put on display the elaborately splendid painting opposite. Begun by Jan van Eyck, and finished after his death by his disciple Petrus Christus, it has the grace and precision, the atmosphere of Tightness and relaxation, common to Early Flemish masterpieces. The picture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: THE QUICK & THE DEAD | 11/1/1954 | See Source »

Curiously, Escher has had little success in his native Holland. He lives quietly in Baarn, works up about half a dozen prints a year. An exhibition of his art in the Baarn high school (TIME, April 2, 1951) caught the attention of a few connoisseurs of the incomprehensible and led...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: The Gamesman | 10/25/1954 | See Source »

At first, it looked as if New Yorkers were in for a slightly tedious, thoroughly respectable campaign for governor this year. On their records Republican Candidate Irving Ives and Democratic Candidate Averell Harriman could be expected to explore the issues with scholarly precision and to conduct themselves with the utmost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The Battlers | 10/18/1954 | See Source »

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