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Finally, Murray would "shun the sweeping positive judgements" which Olin Downes of the Times "would tremble to make." One need look back no further than last Sunday to find a column by Downes that must have given him chorea, if not epilepay. But remember, Murray, that he who is only a timid fence sitter will get splinters in uncomfortable places. Caldwell Titcomb...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Defends Music Critic | 11/8/1951 | See Source »

...Harvard develops the critical sense, let this be evident in your reviews, and the musicology be damned. Let your columns be a professional oasis amid the "academic stink" of college culture. And finally, shun the sweeping positive judgments which Downes, if not Cassidy, would tremble to make. Hugh Creighten Murray...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Professional Oasis | 11/6/1951 | See Source »

...town cemetery they paid sober honor to their former leader, Field Marshal Rommel, and to their comrades dead in the African campaign. Frau Rommel, who was present, leaned weeping on the arm of her 22-year-old son Manfred. The veterans swore to support the democratic German state, shun party politics, uphold the military virtues of bravery and comradeship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Out of the Desert | 10/1/1951 | See Source »

...Skipper Mathiot wasn't complaining. While Slo-Mo-Shun V also took the second heat, Mathiot and Crewman Tom Whitaker sat it out in the pit, working on a balky engine. "Aw, we're in this race for fun," said Mathiot. "What the hell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Death at Seattle | 8/13/1951 | See Source »

Horrified race officials ran up a red flag, fired their signal cannon. After ten minutes Slo-Mo-Shun V's winning driver...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Death at Seattle | 8/13/1951 | See Source »

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