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O'Donnell further criticizes Conant for not taking strong action against the Russians for the murder of seven West Germans, and act in direct opposition to a four-power agreement which emphatically defines execution of civilians in an occupied territory as a crime against humanity.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Writer Gives Conant 'A' in German Affairs, 'C' on Russian Issues | 12/3/1953 | See Source »

Yale's president emeritus, Charles Seymour, however, took issue with the News, calling Plan B, "bold and far reaching; but it is nonetheless evolutionary in its nature. This is true despite the fact that the committee has utilized the experience of other institutions as well as its own imagination. My...

Author: By David L. Halberstam, | Title: Yale Faces Drastic Curriculum Changes | 11/21/1953 | See Source »

Conformed or Liquidated? With the handful of foreign missionaries left in China either imprisoned or under house arrest, what hope is there that Chinese Christians will stand up under their ordeal? "Most Christian leaders," Merwin admits, "have either conformed or been liquidated-not necessarily by execution or imprisonment, although some...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Communist Domesticity | 11/16/1953 | See Source »

The audience recalled Mr. Berman three times after his final selection and he may be excused for not giving an encore after the accomplished execution of such an ambitious program.

Author: By Alexander Gelley, | Title: Lawrence Berman | 11/16/1953 | See Source »

It did not take long for Calvin's spiritual descendants to develop a bad conscience about Servetus' execution. "It served," writes Historian Bainton, "as the occasion for the rise in volume and intensity of the toleration controversy within Protestantism." This year John Calvin's old congregation in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: For Heresy | 11/9/1953 | See Source »

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