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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Almost unknown in the world of scholarship, Gollwitzer was emerging as a man after Neutralist Barth's own heart, whether or not Basel's nervous municipal authorities, who have the final say, decide to swallow their unease. "Gollwitzer," said one Barthian, "is not out to support those who would like to sweeten their political coffee with the sugar of Western Christian culture...
...jazz pastorale-Calvin Jackson is the man to do it. More than just a highly accomplished pianist, he has the ability to ring intricate changes on familiar themes, evoke images of startling clarity, be congenial with both jazz and classics. Although much admired by jazzmen, he has remained largely unknown to the public. But last week Pianist-Arranger Jackson was finally coming into his own. His album of Jazz Variations on Movie Themes was a surprise hit with disk jockeys. He was busy scoring a new movie, planning new album material, and preparing the Gershwin Concerto in F for eleven...
Polite Phrases. Next morning he splashed through a downpour without raincoat to lay white gladioli and yellow chrysanthemums at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, then sat next to former President Dwight Eisenhower at a White House luncheon. Back in the rain, he cruised the choppy Potomac for two hours with Kennedy on the presidential yacht Honey Fitz. Before leaving the U.S., Ikeda addressed the House of Representatives and flew on to New York, where, in polite phrases, he issued a clear warning: U.S. restrictions against Japanese products can hurt the Japanese economy-and that economy is vital...
...insisted that no one had ever tried to bribe him. An assistant supervisor was accused of charging a 5% "commission" to contractors to speed up profitable contract revisions. Two high Board of Education officials testified that they were asked to solicit political campaign contributions for District Attorney Frank Hogan (unknown to Hogan) from architects doing business with the board. The chairman of the board's Committee on Buildings and Sites was revealed as the leading stockholder in an outfit owning land on which a new school was to be built...
Superstition's Stigma. Although history's epileptics feature such notables as Mohammed and Napoleon Bonaparte, the vast majority have been stigmatized by superstitions that attribute the disease to demons. The actual cause is unknown, but seems to be related to a disturbance in the cerebral cortex. A patch of the cerebral cortex-the brain's command post -gets irritated, and sends out waves of involuntary impulses. On the receiving end, the body muscles respond with spasmodic convulsions-the epileptic seizure. In the average victim, the seizure passes within five minutes. Drugs, among them Dilantin and phenobarbital, eliminate...