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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Worried Neighbor. Across the eastern border the Russians are watching this strange sight uneasily. The mixed economy is not a new phenomenon, but an expedient, in Soviet politics. In 1921 Lenin's New Economic Policy (NEP) tolerated private enterprise, but when Stalin thought the economy was sufficiently on its feet again, he ruthlessly liquidated every vestige of free enterprise. In Red China today, Party Leader Mao Tse-tung tolerates a controlled capitalism for the same purpose...
...Gaposchkin collaborated with her husband, Sergei I. Gaposchkin, Astronomer in the College Observatory. Her husband, whose field is eclipsing stars, is a native of Russia, raised and educated in Germany. "We met at a conference in Germany," Mrs. Gaposchkin said, "and it was love at first sight." They were married here...
Although safety was the underlying cause of President Jordan's concern, we hope that the more aesthetic horrors afforded by women on wheels added to his fear What could be a more terrifying sight at nine in the morning than a shaggy-maned mannikin with powder-glazed eyes swirling down Mass. Ave. like a fugitive from a broomstick brigade? Such a sight has sent many an Advanced Standing Freshman reeling into academic probation besides delaying his emotional maturation...
Pure Spirit. Trappist Wiesinger's closely reasoned, footnote-fortified volume is a serious study of apparitions, demons, second sight, telepathy, witches, mediums, magic, radiaesthesia (divining), crystal gazing, hypnosis and diabolical possession. It is built upon a thesis which the author has constructed out of Thomist theology (the book carries the imprimatur) and depth psychology...
Although unintelligible to most, these mystic calligraphs seem to bring the flavor of the fabled East to prosaic Harvard Yard. The dragon's crouched readiness, with his thick neck thrust defiantly forward, is an impressive sight. Ivy in relief climbs the marble's side, reaching for the top, fourteen feet away. And on the rear, in letters worn by the hand of time, appear these words, "Don was here...