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...average history textbook, for instance, "which so often determines the tone of classroom instruction, is chiefly a recital of facts . . . objective, noncontroversial, a record of events. It recounts what happened . . . but often fails to ask why it happened [or] what the meaning is . . . This gets into the realm of opinion, and in this scientific age scholarship and instruction shun the speculative . . . The real issues are frequently sidestepped because no scientific proof is possible...
Immersed in such activity, MacLeish has faced the problems of democracy first hand, and has been conscious especially of the ambiguities and has been conscious especially of the ambiguities and enigmas of life. His subject matter, therefore, often lies in the realm of forces which affront human dignity and which threaten human freedom. One never doubts his sincerity and authority. Yet his feelings tend to overshadow some of his work, the flame obscures the value of the poem as a whole. Selections from Frescoes for Mr. Rockefeller's City (1932) and Public Speech (1936) have this blemish, although they contain...
Originally called The Sound Barrier in England,. Breaking Through is described by Director David (Brief Encounter, Great Expectations) Lean as "a modern adventure story." It is also a stunning film flight into the unknown, an imaginatively told movie about the human imagination exploring the whole new realm of the air. Terence (The Winslow Boy) Rattigan's screenplay examines both flight and flyers: the stresses & strains, mechanical as well as human, of its theme. A pioneer aviation magnate (played with consummate craft by Ralph Richardson) is dedicated to penetrating the sound barrier. Before his "evil vision" is vindicated...
...happy if the work at Moscow gives me a chance to make a contribution to the reduction of existing tensions and the improvement of the international atmosphere. These are objectives which seem to me urgently desirable and I see no reason why they should not be within the realm of possibility if the other party is willing...
...close again, and the decision may lie with Insurance Broker Jack Pollack, Democratic boss of Baltimore's fourth state legislative district. Pollack consistently delivers 25,000 votes, mostly from the fourth district, where he maintains his power by dealing out political favors, large & small. In recent years his realm has extended into the fifth and sixth districts...