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...searching for a national purpose. As he says, his book has two aims: "the recovery of the sources of our inner life" and "an ever more accurate assessment of our changing external life." Here he echoes the liturgy of liberalism, not Catholicism, but with a special twist. He asserts that Catholics have much to contribute to liberal causes. "When Catholics become alive in America, the moral revolution ... will be one step more advanced. The entire race will feel the difference...

Author: By Robert F. Wagner jr., | Title: The Catholic Dilemma | 5/20/1964 | See Source »

...American complex about weight by stressing that hard-wheat spaghetti contains only 300 calories a serving and is rich in B and E vitamins. Agnesi hopes to prove that it is also so filling that Americans, who can be distinguished at the table by their knife, fork, spoon, twirl, twist, scoop, slurp, and even chop, techniques, will not reach for richer foods...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Italy: Stretching Spaghetti | 5/15/1964 | See Source »

...sleepy, and the oozy weeds about me twist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Melville in the Darbies | 5/1/1964 | See Source »

...orders (Ormith Macarounada, Char Siu, Scampi). The pair pick at each other jumpily: "We've been through our tests, haven't we? . . . . What's he playing these games for?" At last Ben receives their instructions and the play rushes to a finish, knotted at the end with a violent twist...

Author: By Eugene E. Leach, | Title: The Dumbwaiter and The Room | 4/28/1964 | See Source »

Married. Chubby Checker, 22, Negro rock 'n' roller who started the ball writhing a couple of years ago when he made the twist the dance of the hour; and Catherina Lodders, 21, devastating (37-23-37) Dutch model, Miss World of 1962; in a ceremony performed by the white pastor of the Temple Lutheran Church of Merchantville, NJ. The surprise guest turned out to be Chubby's mother, Mrs. Eartie Evans, who had opposed the interracial marriage at first but finally came round, deciding "if I couldn't beat them, I'd join them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Apr. 24, 1964 | 4/24/1964 | See Source »

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