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Cavaliers & Cromwells. Highway robbery in England began on an amateur footing. One Thomas Dun, a precocious boy who had developed a nervous habit of murdering people, stabbed a farmer one day in the reign of Henry I (1100-1135), confiscated his wain of corn and sold it at Bedford Market...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Gentlemen of the Road | 8/20/1951 | See Source »

Unpleasant as some of Morgenthau's views seem, he is on the side of peace and live-and-let-live, for "war has ceased to be a rational way of settling disputes." "It is a lesser evil for the Lathuanians to be enslaved than for everyone to go to war...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Faculty Profile | 8/9/1951 | See Source »

George Barker's novel is the story of a sick young dog who would rather sniff in his misery than get well. As such, it is a reekingly unpleasant book; when the author waxes lyrical and theological about his nasty little mess, it becomes a conceited one. Nevertheless, The...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Aboriginal Calamity | 7/30/1951 | See Source »

Since the war, however, rival Ivy League recruiting has unquestionably attracted many fine scholar-athletes who might normally have come to Cambridge. In striking back, Harvard may expect unpleasant consequences no matter what it does. Even when Crimson alumni try to convince a good scholar-athlete to come here, the...

Author: By Douglas M. Fouquet and Bayley F. Mason, S | Title: Intense Ivy Rivalry for 'Elite' of Applicants Puts Harvard Eyes on Nation-wide Promotion | 6/21/1951 | See Source »

Unpleasant as it seemed, Wright argued, the standard of living must fall to permit increased war output. The economist prefaced his remarks with a statement that it is the special duty of the economist to tell the truth, however unsavory, regardless of public or political opinion.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 900 Business Men Hear Philippines Described as Key to Free Far East | 6/12/1951 | See Source »

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