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Still further in Galileo, Mother Courage, and The Good Woman of Setzuan (three of the Marxist plays in the present volume) the playwright illustrates what each of his major characters must give up. To Brecht yielding is psychologically far more important (or intriguing) than acquisition. The roots of his negativism...

Author: By Frederick H. Gardner, | Title: Bertolt Brecht's Communist Writings: The Poetry and Politics of Disillusion | 3/10/1961 | See Source »

One reason for Cole's bearishness about earth is what he calls the "biodetonation": the explosive population increase which, he believes, will turn the earth's entire surface into a single city within a few generations and require the cultivation of high-yielding algae on every rooftop to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Outward Bound | 1/27/1961 | See Source »

"Call It Trivial." Where the pundits of the press have long underscored the importance of ideas and idealism in U.S. Government, now they praised Kennedy for his grasp of parochial politics. Glowed Columnist Doris Fleeson: "Kennedy is yielding every minor point to Vice President-elect Johnson and the Rayburri-Mansfield...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The Romance | 1/13/1961 | See Source »

Last week Monsignor Boza Masvidal, as head of Villanueva University, expelled 17 pro-Castro students for signing a letter claiming that Boza was preparing a plot to close the university, then blame the government. Government agents surrounded Villanueva, searched everyone entering or leaving, including the bishop himself. But this time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CUBA: The Awakening Church | 11/28/1960 | See Source »

McCarthy cited six specific infractions of which most scooter and bicycle operators are guilty. They are: not signalling for turns and stops, not obeying stop and go signals, not yielding the right of way to pedestrains, not observing one way street regulations, weaving and cutting across moving traffic, and parking...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Police Initiate Crackdown | 11/4/1960 | See Source »

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