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...least 100 Britons are threatened with partial blindness as a result of watching the solar eclipse on June 30, reported three hospitals in Scotland. Some victims may have suffered permanent damage to the macula (the point of clearest vision at the retina's center), in the future would see well only out of the corner of the eye. Two-thirds of the reported cases were in eastern Scotland, where skies were clearest. Doctors in the U.S., where the eclipse could be seen only during early-morning hours, have so far reported only three cases of eye damage, none...
Without the inflection of voice and dialect, the sixty-four characters in the play are likely to merge, talking again for all men rather than for themselves. But out of this jumble come the author's poetry and his view of life. Perhaps the clearest statement of Thomas' feeling is given in Polly Garter's speech and the following stage direction. She surveys her past both ruefully and with an inner content, concluding, "Oh, isn't life a terrible thing, thank...
...century, Holden Chapel started its second childhood. The University tore out all partitions and the second floor, leaving it much like the Chapel of 1744. Newly painted and stylish, Holden became a favorite club room. Its only flaw was an echo which muffled even the clearest lecture. Public speaking courses, however, turned echo to asset as students practiced under the worst possible conditions. But today, Holden has found congenial tenants. As home for the Glee Club, its resonant walls and battered floor perfectly contain both song and beer...
...Clearest Voices. Ever since Joe McCarthy made his famed speech in Wheeling, W. Va. on Feb. 9, 1950, he has had a highly vocal host of enemies. But their cries of protest have never been so effective as the rising chorus of last week. The reason was clear. A new force had joined in the battle against McCarthy. It included many respected, conservative Republicans whom McCarthy could not call "extreme left-wing bleeding hearts." What they said had real effect with millions of U.S. citizens who had been inclined to overlook McCarthy's tactics because he was opposing Communism...
Thousands of words have been written and spoken around the world about the philosophy underlying the Eisenhower Administration's foreign and defense policies. Last week John Foster Dulles achieved the clearest interpretation of what the new policy means...