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Professor Perry's latest book, "On All Fronts," is a composite of impassioned idealism and salty, New England good sense. More often than not the two blend well, and the reader drinks a warming potion of faith. Occasionally, however, the author is guilty is substituting idealism for an unpleasant application...

Author: By C. L. B., | Title: THE BOOKSHELF | 11/14/1941 | See Source »

To most of us, education means learning how to think and not what to think. We have insisted, especially in the midst of the ideological storm of the present crisis, on the maintenance of educational standards which permit a maximum exchange of ideas, and a minimum of stereo typed, "follow...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Morals and Morale | 11/6/1941 | See Source »

It is difficult to stop a fit once it starts. But several drugs, taken over a long period of time, can cut down the number and force of convulsions, even eliminate them entirely. The drugs include the barbiturates, a promising new drug called sodium diphenyl hydantoinate (Dilantin), and the old...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Fits & Facts | 11/3/1941 | See Source »

The Armed Forces of the United States consist of the Army, the Navy, and the Marines. We have always been given to understand that the Marines had the inside track with the fair sex, but in the theme song of "Navy Blues" the much-ballyhooed Navy Blues Sextette maintains that...

Author: By A. Y., | Title: THE MOVIEGOER | 11/3/1941 | See Source »

The Twohey figures tell the story of typical editorial reactions. The events which sent interventionist sentiment up, sent isolationist sentiment down and vice versa. Whenever the President took a firm stand or a firm step, sentiment for intervention and more aid to Britain rose sharply. Whenever there was talk of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Editors' Thoughts on War | 10/20/1941 | See Source »

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