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...chosen as a volunteer for space missions? Why can't I be an anarchist, blowing up airplanes, factories, and like that, and asserting my individualism?" In short, one must "come to grips" with "basic existence" and master reality through the Ideal. "Why can't I commit myself and become a non-conformist?" still remains the fundamental question of our sham existence...

Author: By Richard E. Ashcraft, | Title: Gadfly | 5/5/1959 | See Source »

...choose in a plebiscite. Muñoz' proposal seems to be the proper start: U.S.-Puerto Rico relations are regulated by a compact that can be changed only by mutual consent. It also set the stage for a hot argument in Congress about whether the U.S. should commit itself flatly in advance to accept the decision of the Puerto Rican electorate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PUERTO RICO: The 51st State? | 5/4/1959 | See Source »

...Although the proposal is certainly worth exploration, it is too early to commit ourselves definitely," commented Frederic G. Fassett, Jr., Dean of Residence at M.I.T. The Off Campus Housing Bureau, which operates a listing service of available housing for Tech students, will not give up its functions in favor of a central agency until the new group can prove its merit, he explained...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Whitlock Proposes Central Agency To Replace Local Housing Listings | 4/28/1959 | See Source »

...girls poses the significant question. While consoling her husband, she asks, "We will be glad we did not commit suicide, will we not?" The film apparently gives no answer. For it ends where it began: on the street under neon lights...

Author: By Alice P. Albright, | Title: Street of Shame | 4/27/1959 | See Source »

...according to Mr. Hutchins, the preservation of academic freedom required more than a cessation of outrages. Academic freedom demands that the university commit itself to classroom discussion of the most serious and controversial questions of the age, no matter where the discussion may lead...

Author: By Christopher Jencks, | Title: Portrayal of American Colleges Explains 'Intellectual Specialists' | 3/2/1959 | See Source »

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