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...bumbling, inefficient, nineteenth century Congress is not competent to cope with the complex problems of modern government. The need for Congressional reorganization, long heralded by political scientists, has been recognized by progressive Congressmen; and a joint, non-partisan committee, headed by Senator La Follette and Representative Monroney, has recommended a program of reform which is gratifyingly similar to that proposed by prominent university professors...
Simple v. Complex. In horse & buggy days, Protestantism's position was reinforced in every phase of U.S. life: church was the natural center for social gatherings, ministers were the cultural leaders of the community, Bible reading was a family habit. Today, changed conditions confront Protestantism "with a task for which the simple and direct methods appropriate to an age of simple and unorganized individualism are no longer adequate...
...complex hierarchy of Japanese drama, the Kabuki (literally "type of theater"), originated by Folk Dancer O Kuni in 1603, comes closest to the western theater. Less formal than the classical Noh drama, its stages extend into the audience like burlesque runways. Actresses are rare in Kabuki, and Nizaemon was equally at home in both male and female parts. As the leading lady in Akoya he had to perform expertly on three difficult musical instruments. His interpretation of the murdered warrior in The Story of the Soga was second to none...
Frankie is the pawky, gawky heroine of Carson McCullers' slim (195-page) new novel-she calls it a novella. Unlike Novelist McCullers' earlier books (The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, Reflections in a Golden Eye), which were well filled with the complex, morbid relationships of adults, The Member of the Wedding is a serious attempt to recapture that elusive moment when childhood melts into adolescence. The result is often touching, always strictly limited by the small scope of its small characters. Like childhood, it is full of incident but devoid of a clear plot; always working...
Dealing with what it called a "deep, long-standing, and complex situation," the Committee divided the issues into dropping bombs on Russia. Many people who talk so glibly about dropping these bombs neglect the consequences of such action. It would mean that the draft would be extended indefinitely; recenversion would be ended indefinitely; we would be forced to police the world...