Word: written
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Confronting President Eisenhower on his return from California last week were the written and oral reports, carefully compiled and closely considered, from U.S. officials who had seen the most of Nikita Khrushchev during his visit. In their considerable bulk, the reports ranged from opinions about Khrushchev's purposes at the highest policy levels down to some fascinating details about his personal impression...
Next Tuesday, October 20, marks the hundredth anniversary of John Dewey's birth. In memory of the philosopher, Antonius Savides, a retired professor prominent in certain educational and psychological circles, has written down an interview he remembers having with Dewey in Lowell House some years...
...puts together various dissimilar images, which obviously connect in his own mind, but which the reader is likely to find too personal to understand. And, above all, the words when read aloud do not make pleasing sounds. The poetry is by fits markish and over-intellectual, obviously written in haste and, all in all, not easy to read...
Arnold Toynbee has traced, through thirteen volumes, the rise of 26 civilizations throughout human history. Although Toynbee places 14 cultures in the first 3500 years of written history, it is somewhat distressing to note that the University is currently offering only two courses in this period. Roman history is not offered this year nor is classical Greek history. Some of the important Fertile Crescent civilizations are mentioned only briefly in Professor Frye's course on Ancient Iran and some are not mentioned...
...fight to have the loyalty affidavit removed from the NDEA. But they need help from the colleges and universities that are directly affected by the Act. They need help to answer such charges as "Hundreds of colleges, including Harvard, have accepted the NDEA," and "Not one student has written in to protest the loyalty oath...