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Trudging across this bleak land last week, surrounded by adoring crowds wherever he went, was a gentle, half-deaf little wisp of a man, dressed in the garb of poverty-a homespun dhoti and cheap brown canvas sneakers-but lighted by a flame of authority that has made him one of India's most notable spiritual leaders. His name is Vinoba Bhave (pronounced bah vay). He has no place in the government or any other secular organization; he is what Hindus call an acharya (preceptor). Only a land with holy cities, sacred rivers and thin margins between want...
...pure factual objectivity which most newspapers have sought has often been a will-o'-the-wisp . . . For example, few news articles worth reading can be shorn of all adjectives. Yet whenever a reporter writes of the 'beautiful' Rita Hayworth, 'scowling' John L. Lewis, 'Millionaire' Charles E. Wilson or 'Red-hunt ing' Joe McCarthy, he is influencing the reaction of readers in a somewhat nonobjective way, even though he can defend his choice of words with undisputed proof. Honest newspapermen will admit, also, that they unavoidably influence reader reaction by [the placement...
...fresh approach is an artistic will-o'-the-wisp that some professional painters chase all their lives without much success...
...years it has taken on a monotonous predictability: Don Gehrmann in front, usually followed by FBI-Man Fred Wilt. Last week at Madison Square Garden the Wanamaker had a new look and a new parade leader: a little (5 ft. 8½ in., 139 Ibs.), will-o'-the-wisp runner named Fred Dwyer, who scoots around a board track with the short, effortless strides of a warm...
...wiry little wisp attributes his recent rise to "work, and more work," a preseason training grind of 35 miles a week, a stay-in-condition routine of 25 miles. Unlike most milers, Dwyer never plans a race in advance: "I let the others do the figuring; I do my thinking while I'm running." Without being cocky about it, Dwyer knows that this is his year. "Now," he says, tapping his chest, "I've got it here physically, and here," tapping his head, "psychologically...