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During Harvard Summer School, when Frank O'Connor discusses the nineteenth century novel, he does not disguise the fact that the only thing he thinks worthy of writing about is "the common feelings of common life." Esetericism he says may be perfectly well written but it has no more substance...

Author: By Edward H. Harvey, | Title: Happy Realism: Frank O'Connor Approaches Life | 10/28/1954 | See Source »

Two somewhat contradictory remarks, made a few weeks ago by the national commander of the American Legion, illustrate more clearly than any abstract editorial generalizations the present status of academic freedom in this country. Addressing two Legion posts gathered in New York's Madison Square Park for a Memorial Day...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Self-Pity and the Universities | 9/29/1954 | See Source »

The cautious U.S. Public Health Service allowed itself a well-qualified prediction: the 1954 polio season should decline in severity from now on, as it apparently reached an early peak at the end of August. The last three weeks for which full U.S. figures were available showed 2,206 cases...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: News from Salk | 9/20/1954 | See Source »

COWS ARE FEMALE BOVINE CRITTERS. CATTLE INCLUDE PA, MA AND THE KIDS. THEREFORE TIME'S QUOTE OF OUR PREDICTION "7,OOO,OOO CATTLE . . ." IS WRONG. OUR FIGURE WAS FOR COWS ALONE. EXPECTED SLAUGHTER OF ALL CATTLE IS BETWEEN 39 AND 40 MILLION HEAD-FAR EXCEEDING 1953 RECORD SLAUGHTER OF...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 9, 1954 | 8/9/1954 | See Source »

Two somewhat contradictory remarks, made a few weeks ago by the national commander of the American Legion, illustrate more clearly than any abstract editorial generalizations the present status of academic freedom in this country. Addressing two Legion posts gathered in New York's Madison Square Park for a Memorial Day...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Self-Pity and the Universities | 6/17/1954 | See Source »

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