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Granted, Gaitskell has been able to "surmount" the initial political weaknesses of his personality and background, but many English observers feel that he continues to react to political situations as the academician that he is. "He seems to act with the sense of knowing best," one commentator remarked, "--a kind...

Author: By Steven R. Rivkin, | Title: Politics and the Don | 1/10/1957 | See Source »

ATLAS OF THE BIBLE (165 pp.; Nelson; $15) actually lends a new dimension to Bible reading. Its maps pinpoint the geography of Old and New Testament history; its hundreds of photographs lend a sense of life to the setting; its synthesis and summary of archaeology and Bible history put a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Good to Look At | 12/17/1956 | See Source »

There are a few, however, who cannot delay making their peace with life until a more convenient time. They seek immediate resolutions, attempting to evolve a synthesis of academic skepticism and personal insignificance, an ideology for those of little faith. Such a system is, of course, not readily accessible, the...

Author: By Christopher Jencks, | Title: Criterion | 12/12/1956 | See Source »

His voice followed me, humbly and at a distance like a spaniel. "Monique, why did you skip class? We were studying the Critique of Pure Reason. It was interesting, but I think Kant offers a false dichotomy. The only viable solution is to provide a synthesis in which experience is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Bonjour Ennui | 12/10/1956 | See Source »

"These would not be research professorships,--inspired teaching along unconventional lines would be an important phase of the work. Such posts would afford an unusual opportunity for brilliant and imaginative men: the positions by their very nature would be a challenge,--a challenge which must be answered by earnest attempts...

Author: By James A. Sharaf, | Title: 'Men Working on the Frontiers of Knowledge' | 12/7/1956 | See Source »

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