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Despite Strachey's reputation as perhaps the most brilliant of the Apostles, he was denied a fellowship by Cambridge, took only second-class honors, and left the university in 1905 to begin 13 years of scratch-penny frustration as a book reviewer and minor literary essayist. Then in 1918, after two years of fierce work in defiance of his chron ically miserable health, he brought out the four devastating historical essays-on Dr. Arnold, Cardinal Manning, Florence Nightingale and Chinese Gordon-that shredded all lingering pretensions of Victorian moral eminence. "The his torian of Literature," Strachey had once written...
...Perhaps it would be wiser to keep that "rib" caged until it develops a bit of theological substance. The ambiguity evident in the case of Professor Daly's book lies in the theologically vague use of the term church: "The church continues to treat women as second-class human beings." Who is really at fault here? In modern times, the church has been variously defined as Christ and His Body or, in more general terms, as mankind (which includes womankind) itself. Thus the villain is no longer just the hierarchy or the clergy as generally implied in such sterile...
...dinners and other such occasions (the "Dodd amendment"). For the first time, the murky area where campaign funds, office and personal expenses meld would be clearly defined and strictly regulated. But general disclosure of every Senator's financial holdings (which would, insisted Minority Leader Everett Dirksen, make Senators "second-class citizens") was not suggested. The code does propose that Senators file copies of their income tax returns with the committee-though in fact the committee already has authority to demand tax returns of any Senator. It sanctions acceptance by Senators of contributions to run their campaigns and to "defray...
...nine children, Rose turned to boxing, too-as a means of supporting his family. He fought 19 amateur bouts before collecting his first pro purse in 1964: it came to $45. For last week's fight with Harada, Rose flew economy-class to Japan and stayed in a second-class Tokyo hotel because the third-class hotel he tried first was already full. His cut of the purse came to $7,500, while Loser Harada took home...
Politics of Harmony. Paradoxically, the war provides a supreme illustration both of the powers at Johnson's command and the limitations of their exercise. Before Viet Nam took center stage, Cornell's Rossiter predicted that Johnson "would rank with what we call the first-class second-class Presidents, and perhaps with a big effort, even rise above that." Now he says: "This war has damaged Lyndon Johnson's place in history. It has divided the country, and that has cost him his power base. I bet he wakes up in the morning sometimes and wonders what happened...