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...over 100 letters were printed, ranging from criticisms of the Boston Symphony Orchestra to poems about Radcliffe girls to impassioned defenses of Richard M. Nixon. Letters should be under 400 words, and the editors reserve the right to abridge them if space limitations make this necessary. No changes in context will be made, however. All letters must be signed but names can be witheld by request...
...such official ever before had to adjust U.S. diplomacy so quickly, to give it a world-wide scope and make it effective against a shrewd and strong enemy, and to do it in the context of present-day technology. His response to that challenge is what makes Acheson a great Secretary...
...doesn't presume to treat either subject systematically. Instead, he places them in the framework of an examination of "the cultural significance of what has been going on in science since, say, 1935." Even in this context, however, one notices an interpretation peculiar to him. His approach to the whole problem is quite unlike that of the modern popularizers or even Harvard's Philip Frank or Richard von Mises. Common sense rather than system-building pervades throughout...
...matter of fact, MacLeish rarely forces words to rhyme just for the sake of rhyme. Even while he experiments with different forms, his poetry is never sacrificed to structure. At times he may be captured by the music of words or a pleasant rhythm which jumps out of context; but that is a vice common to all poets...
Most of his remarks, of course, lose their humor when removed from the athletic context. The following, though, is a pretty good example of Williams' ability to take a common coaching practice and add his own peculiarly funny barb...