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...greatness does not depend on colonialism. "It is quite natural to feel a nostalgia for what was the empire, just as one can miss the mellowness of oil lamps, the splendor of sailing ships, the charm of the carriage era. But what of it? There is no valid policy outside realities...
...trip). Ship space is almost entirely filled through July 15, but there are some first-class bookings available. On the Continent, a joint 13-nation Eurailpass offers unlimited rail travel, plus rides on ferry boats and steamers on the Rhine, Danube and Swiss lakes, with a single $125 ticket valid for two months. Rail bargains are being offered by Britain and Ireland: a 1,000-mile tourist ticket for $34 first class and nine-day unlimited-mileage tickets for $39. Switzerland's weekend rail trips offer a return fare almost free, and in the Scandinavian countries tourists are being...
...side by side, each with its own standards, its own heroes. Measured by the canons of high art, James Montgomery Flagg was a mere illustrator. He refused even to call him self an "artist/' But measured by his impact on the senses and sensibilities of his contemporaries-a valid standard of popular art, however irrelevant to high art-Illustrator Flagg was the greatest U.S. artist of his time. When he died in Manhattan last week at 82. his niche in U.S. cultural history was secure...
...even the dissidents agree that the day is not too far off when man will have a valid function in space. As instrumented spacecraft get more and more sophisticated, it becomes more and more difficult to transmit, record, digest and interpret their food of raw data. The best solution at present is to put small computers in the spacecraft. One kind, called a "Tele-bit," translates the data from the instruments into figures that are sufficiently simple to send over the transmitter and can go directly into a big ground computer. But when spacecraft begin to work at such distances...
...University of Illinois' Daily Illini last month deplored excessive necking at campus parties, Biology Professor Leo F. Koch, 44, sent the newspaper a forthright, academically, free reply: "With modern contraceptives and medical advice readily available at the nearest drugstore, or at least a family physician, there is no valid reason why sexual intercourse should not be condoned among those sufficiently mature to engage in it without social consequences and without violating their own codes of morality and ethics. A mutually satisfactory sexual experience would eliminate the need for many hours of frustrating petting and lead to happier and longer...