Word: retainers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...what he reads is most important. He must read the most heroic and most significant, and he must know about it, and be able to answer when questioned. This means that he must read "the original" in order to satisfy his conscience. Criticism is, however, needed to retain his social status, since personal reactions, even when they exist, are seldom marketable. This is a very time-consuming process, known as being an English major; but since the habit is unproductive it seldom extends beyond the college level, except as it becomes a part of the professional ritual of professional debates...
...probably the least effective legal argument of the week, contending that "there can be no question" of Shelton's loyalty, since he had "made a clean breast of his past to his employers" and remained on the payroll at the Times, which has declared that it "would not retain a Communist on the news or editorial staff." Federal Judge Ross Rizley dryly observed that Shelton, "if the same circumstances should arise tomorrow, would still want to defy the Congress," sentenced him to six months in jail and a $500 fine...
...first honors, was called by one juror "very, very sensitive and charming, with more feeling than almost any other picture there." Fritz Glarner's Relational Painting Number 79, second-prize choice, demonstrated that a Mondrian disciple can stress the master's geometry out of plumb and still retain its purity. An even more austere geometric form, Josef Albers' Homage to the Square-"Yes" won third prize. Robert Gwathmey's The Clearing, a study in posterlike realism, looked downright old-fashioned by comparison...
Gaitskell guessed that although Russia will try to retain the countries of Eastern Europe as political satellites, nationalism in the area will increase and that an "unstable and fluid situation" will continue. If the satellites are going to produce further grave political trouble, Gaitskell asked whether the Soviets might not be willing to relinquish military control over Eastern Europe in return for security guarantees...
...Engineers' 60 points hurt the Crimson's 50.2 defensive average, which went up to 52.0. This was still low enough to retain the national defensive lead, as the runner-up Oklahoma Aggies had allowed 52.3 points per game at latest report...