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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...your story [Sept. 15] on Quiz Contestant Herbert Stempel's accusations and Producer Dan Enright's defense of Twenty One: what really cooks me is the sort of slob who would squeal on Santa after taking a bagful of presents...
Labor. There is "a popular desire that labor unions be brought under some sort of control." But at the same time Republican candidates are being hurt by their support for right-to-work laws in such states as California, Ohio and Indiana...
...sorrow of my life." Of course the daughter has not selected just anybody to perform the act of darkness with, and we are treated to the unveiling of the structure of interlocking copulations which is usual in second-rate French drama. We also get a good helping of the sort of dialogue that too often accompanies it: "Forgive me for being so intimate with your husband...Can you imagine, there was a time when I was mad about your husband. Absolutely...
...conveys--the dreamlike quality of his tales, but we must attribute the dream to him, not to Conrad, for Guerard himself has taught us not to confuse the two of them. These efforts at psycho-mythical interpretation often contain real insights; what is lacking is reticence. Occasionally this sort of criticism seems forced and far-fetched...
...occasional sharp observation strikes home: "Appreciation for the idiosyncratic is part of the Harvard mystique.... it goes with saying the idiosyncratic must never get too far out of hand." This sort of semi-ironical comment replaces most value judgements in the article. Reporter Boroff does not consider it his job to label something good or bad; he is describing, not judging. Thus for the insider, his article will be amusing but not stimulating, a coverage, not a critique. Though it seems more could have been done in evaluating Harvard, Boroff's article provides a slick tapestry of our "well-mannered...