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Endorsing an earlier memorandum issued by 51 members of the Political Science faculty of Columbia University, the Harvard statement pictures the Western European nations as standing "on the brink of economic and political catastrophe...
...part, the cast of "Figaro" was exactly the same as that at last year's Opera Theater premiere. The one change which brought Margaret Brink in as the Countess, was, if musical memories are accurate, an improvement. Miss Brink's crystal tones and appealing voice were perfect for the part, and she sang her showpiece aria, "Dove Sono," well with the possible exception of a slightly breathy conclusion...
Pitch black Eliot House teetered on the brink of anarchy for ten minutes last night as Mastodons, piqued when the electricity went off for the second time in two study hours, hurled fire cracker after firecracker into the spacious courtyard...
Concern over the fate of Varsity morals at the hands of traditional Ivy League nonchalance has driven Gerald Spear '48, chief cheerleader, to the brink of hysteria and into the public prints in an appeal for rah-rah organizers...
...self-evident. . . . [Yet] we must remember that widespread and lively interest in the subject is precisely what we call a fashion. . . . Whatever . . . mere fashion has given us, mere fashion will presently withdraw. The real conversions will remain, but nothing else will. In that sense we may be on the brink of a real, permanent Christian revival: but it will work slowly and obscurely in small groups. The present sunshine ... is certainly temporary. The grain must be got into the barn before the wet weather comes...