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...stuff Spy Who Loved Me. It's more in about The Man with the Golden Gun or Live and Let Die range. Perhaps one shouldn't complain too much about the frailty of the assumption of British hegemony that supports Bond. The nation of William Shakespeare, George Bernard Shaw, Rex Harrison and Arthur Treacher will never have to defend its reputation as a citadel of culture. Bond should probably be seen as an example of that culture and--damn the flatulence of the rest of the land--a noble example he remains. From the North Sea to the seats, rule...
...must wonder whether our world has become so barbaric that it is incapable of respecting the lives of God's own messengers of peace." It was hardly the first time it has happened, of course. After a militant Hindu nationalist shot down Mahatma Gandhi in 1948, George Bernard Shaw commented: "It shows how dangerous it is to be too good...
BORN. To Patricia Hearst Shaw, 29, heir to the Hearst publishing empire and former Symbionese Liberation Army fugitive; and her husband Bernard Shaw, 35, the San Francisco policeman who served as her bodyguard after her arrest in 1975 and during her subsequent trial for bank robbery that led to a 23-month prison term; a daughter, their first child; in Palo Alto, Calif. Name: Gillian Catherine Hearst-Shaw. Weight...
...fellowships' awards do not determine the prestige or academic distinction that such fellowships confer. The authors of the article also fail to recognize that the $18,000 distributed by the Radcliffe fellowships could easily be divided into the same amounts as the $18,500 distributed by the Shaw, King, etc. Instead, Radcliffe has had a philosophy of assisting as many women as possible, a policy which requires smaller awards but which has helped many more individuals to accomplish their goals. The belittling tone used towards the Radcliffe Fellowships, in an article co-authored by a former president of RUS, threatens...
Your American Scene article about Colonel Robert Shaw and the black regiment serving in the Civil War [April 6] failed to mention Sergeant William H. Carney. Carney was a black soldier in Shaw's 54th Regiment. On the night the colonel was killed, when the color bearer also fell, Carney seized the Stars and Stripes and moved to the front of the attack. After the order to retreat was sounded, Sergeant Carney, wounded three times, struggled back to the Union lines on one knee, still holding the flag high...