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...absent. The Advocate too often wallows in flat prose and free poetry, modes that were once, long ago, refreshing but are now, in less expert hands, stale and tired. In this issue, flat means not spare but listless, even flabby, and free means not spontaneous and natural but formless, thoughtless, and overly moody...

Author: By Ben W. Heineman jr., | Title: The Fall Advocate | 11/16/1964 | See Source »

...established that they cannot immediately be presumed to be bad. They represent a different breed than the medal-jangling "strongman" epitomized by Argentina's exiled Juan Peron and Venezuela's imprisoned Perez Jimenez. Today's soldiers are deeply disturbed about Castroism, disgusted by graft, inefficiency and thoughtless political warfare. Right or wrong, they claim to have seized power to prevent chaos. In most cases, they seem content to return to constitutional government after imposing at least a semblance of order...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Politics: Continent of Upheaval | 11/13/1964 | See Source »

...only a delinquent kid who is not worth a darn, but I wish to enter a protest anyway against G.O.P. National Chairman Dean Burch's thoughtless slander against us kids [Aug. 28]. It seems a great shame that all kids are berated for the misdeeds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Sep. 11, 1964 | 9/11/1964 | See Source »

...express my regret that "journalistic enterprise" in this instance did not extend to searching out the facts which might have avoided what I would like to believe was a thoughtless slur on my scholarly credentials. Marie Fainsod, Professor of Government...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FROM PROF. FAINSOD | 1/24/1964 | See Source »

Such a function could be served by a two o'clock signout, with the option of overnight permission from the senior resident. By requiring approval for an overnight, the College would make clear its opposition to thoughtless commitments and thus encourage sophomores to consider carefully decisions about sexual behavior...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sophomore Rules | 12/19/1963 | See Source »

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