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...Lampoon found itself in trouble again after its infamous "Esquire" issue in spring 1935; in righteous disciplinary fervor the Administration closed down the "Poon establishment while officers scrambled to desert the sinking ship. Only the autumn before, the CRIMSON, Lampoon, and Life magazine had gone on sale in tandem at a combined price of $5.00, never again to be duplicated. A mild stir arose at the vague revival of the Med. Fac, Club, open to any undergraduate who could commit anything which would have him expelled and jailed if caught. But the revival died quickly; members succeeded only in blowing...
...abuse is famed Historian Arnold J. Toynbee. His massive, ten-volume Study of History (TIME, Oct. 18, 1954) left him vulnerable on at least two scores: 1) it became the most widely discussed history of modern times, and popularity is a crown most scholars professionally deplore with the same fervor that they secretly pray for it; 2) Toynbee had attempted to rise above "microscopic" research, impose a grand order on world history in terms of civilizations, and then to move beyond even that to the great religions. There, Toynbee declared, man's summit goal was nothing less than...
...years old, he hobbled about in cork-stuffed orthopedic boots, looking so grotesque that, he recalls, classmates dubbed him "the ape man.' Then a friend helped him get aluminum legs. Overnight he "grew" from 3 ft. 8 in. to 5 ft. 8 in., became imbued with a fervor to give the same sort of boost to other handicapped...
...these facts a heated con has raged, privately print, concerning the legmoral probity of the pro The conduct of the Is been challenged and de with equal fervor in the newspapers and magazines. is disagreement about the thin the Harvard Faculty. pute centers around three . First, does the fact that was kidnapped on Ar territory--in the absence xtradition treaty covering and military crimes--un the competence of the ourt? Second, does a valid sis for that competence view of the fact that Eich crimes were committed on Israeli soil nor at a time State of Israel existed...
...statements like "the United States should stress victory over, rather than co-existence with, the Communist menace," they cheered, whistled, stomped their feet, and raised a great commotion. When someone referred to stock villians like Eleanor Roosevelt, J. Robert Oppenheimer, or Linus Pauling, they booed and hissed with equal fervor. But the boos contained no venom. The crowd was simply cheering the heroes and hissing the bad guys and having a heck of a good time doing...