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Stated briefly, reaction to the political challenge has divided undergraduates into two distinct groups: Blissful Indifference, and Ineffective Desperation. No one takes the latter group very seriously. In response to the conservative plea, most students assert simply that "you can't turn back the clock"; in reply to the radical...

Author: By Craig K. Comstock, | Title: 'Moderate Liberals' Predominate Politically | 6/11/1959 | See Source »

Most of the other Vanbrughs had their troubles with women, too. Francis Vanbrugh (born 1772) was a frail and handsome man given to fainting fits, who spent ten long years being hopelessly in love with the proud Duchess of Avalon. When she finally capitulated and came to his room, Francis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Decline & Fall | 3/23/1959 | See Source »

A whole season of frustration can usually be forgotten in one blissful evening of defeating a Yale team in most any sport. Tonight at the Boston arena a frustrated varsity sextet will meet its match in the Eli's Chosen Six, and a victory for the home forces would be...

Author: By John R. Adler, | Title: Sextet to Play Strong Yale Squad In Game Tonight at Boston Arena | 2/28/1959 | See Source »

The title story opens with a "baby" lying in bed. He is 19 years old, and so fat that he has "groups of toes like uncooked sausages." Baby lives with his neurotic Mom; they rove from city to city, endlessly drowning their despondency in capsules of phenobarbital. The Sleep describes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Strange Fruit | 1/12/1959 | See Source »

Bell, Book and Candle (Phoenix; Columbia). John Van Druten's comedy about the contemporary prevalence of witches cast enough of a spell on theatergoers to give it a six-month run on Broadway. But somewhere between Broadway and Hollywood the broomstick broke down. Like the play, the picture is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Dec. 29, 1958 | 12/29/1958 | See Source »

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