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In a majority opinion that read like a precis of Thoreau's Walden, Judge Kenneth Keating mourned "the intrusion of the seemingly endless line of asphalt and concrete into the enclaves which many have sought as surcease from the hustle and bustle of modern-day life." Keating's...
ULYSSES. An honest, mildly sensational and for the most part intelligent precis o James Joyce's masterpiece-although th film suffers from Director Joseph Strick' decision simply to illustrate Joyce's words rather than transform them into images.
ULYSSES. An honest mildy sensational, and for the most part intelligent precis of James Joyce's masterpiece - although the film suffers from Director Joseph Strick's decision simply to illustrate Joyce's words rather than transform them into images.
The centerpiece of this issue is clearly Noam Chomsky's "The Responsibility of Intellectuals," adapted from a talk he gave to the Hillel Foundation here in March. It is fruitless to attempt a sentence-two precis of Chomsky's 15-page argument. I will say only that the world-reknowned...
...admirer of Warburg's modernizing influence in British banking, has taken Siegmund in as a close adviser. Warburg has shaken up what he calls the City's "ingenious sloppiness" by introducing Germanic organization and discipline; he even plots the seating at his business lunches with military precision. His officers often work so late that competitors call Warburg's bank "the nightclub." Secretaries transcribe every important meeting in the place, rush out a daily precis to all the directors-many of them trekking about the world on business. For his tight ship, Warburg has recruited a highly diverse...