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...that he consequently puzzles that Japanese no end. They knew him as a scholar, but now he comes to them in the guise of a politician, an Ambassador. He believes that much of the trust and respect which he personally is accorded results primarily from his scholarly reputation. The singular Capidity with which the Japanese government approved his appointment two-and-a-half years ago probably was due to this deep personal respect which they have...
...back-country New Zealand. Herself a teacher for 17 years in Maori schools (but a grandmother rather than a spinster), Novelist Ashton-Warner endowed her heroine with an extraordinary gift for handling young Maori minds in conflict with civilization. Dropping the fictional cloak, she has now expounded her singular methods in Teacher. Published this week (Simon & Schuster; $5), it may well be the year's best book on education...
...puzzles the Japanese no end. They know him as a scholar, but now he comes to them in the guise of a politician, an Ambassador. He believes that much of the trust and respect which he personally is accorded results primarily from his own reputation as a scholar. The singular rapidity with which the Japanese government approved his appointment two-and-a-half years ago could be due to this deep personal respect which they have...
...Contrary Experience, by Herbert Read. A singular Englishman with a gift for plural and paradoxical living-he has been both a pacifist and a decorated soldier, an anarchist and a successful bureaucrat-British Critic Read tells the rich and readable story of his lives...
...opus-number title of Federico Fellini's new film-is self-psychoanalysis in search of an answer. Fellini, who made La Dolce Vita, has a singular personal problem: why is he so preoccupied with making movies that speak of the emptiness of life? He gets his answer, but unless Fellini's problem has been preying on the mind of the viewer, he may not care to take on the director's doubts and confusions...