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When a Federal Grand Jury two weeks ago indicted Wendell Furry and Leon Kamin for contempt of Congress, Boston editors hoped the University finally would provide some dramatic headline material in the case. Once more they were disappointed. Echoing a statement made last August when the pair was originally cited for contempt, the Corporation declared, "So long as the case is pending, we do not think it appropriate to make any further statement on the subject." Such declaration may not make much of a splash on the news pages, but its importance is illustrated by another statement, from McGill University...
...brief, calm hearing, Wendell H. Furry, associate professor of Physics, and Leon J. Kamin '49, research assistant in psychology at McGill University, pleaded not guilty yesterday in Federal District Court to charges of contempt of the United States Senate...
...mind is, ultimately, slave to the heart . . . A little twist and Nehru might turn dictator, sweeping aside the paraphernalia of a slow-moving democracy . . . Jawahar has all the makings of a dictator in him-vast popularity, a strong will, ability, hardness, an intolerance of others and a certain contempt for the weak and the inefficient . . . In this revolutionary epoch, Caesarism is always at the door. Is it not possible that Jawahar might fancy himself as a Caesar?" Nehru's sister adds her own surprising comment: "Though the above may have been written in a mood of self-confession, much...
...Grunfeld, there is so much music on the market that some connoisseurs are forced to specialize in such restricted areas as complete Beethoven Quartet issues. When quizzed about some rare or new release that he knows absolutely nothing about, the good Diskman replies "in a thinly disguised tone of contempt: 'Sorry, I haven't gotten around to that yet. I've been busy comparing the new Barstow Quartet series with the earlier complete Beethovens. Takes a while, y' know...
...which the great American wilderness is always a majestic participant. There is the bold Delaware brave Chingachgook, father of Uncas. Above all, there is Natty Bumppo. Shooting out a turkey's eye at 100 yards and escaping from the Iroquois beside Glimmerglass, showing a pioneer's contempt for newcomers who "strip the airth of its lawful covering," and at last retreating to die proudly on the unvexed prairie, he stalks again as one of the epic heroes of American writing...