Word: hallowed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...state of U.S. fiction, as exemplified by the "elevation" of Marjorie Morningstar, the bestseller by Herman Wouk, to its high acclaim as top-notch literature: "I have nothing against Mr. Wouk. It's simply the matter of him being built up because he shows respect to so-called hallowed institutions . . . Good novelists better leave the hallowing of sacred institutions to people who get paid to hallow them! Now take Norman Vincent (The Power of Positive Thinking) Peale. His approach is 'How to Get Rich Through Prayer!' . . . The books which bring comfort alone are never good books...
...apocryphal John Harvard continued to contemplate his book last night, but the symbol of Ivy League superiority got little help from anti-Intellectual broom Jockeys who proved that nothing is sacred on All Hallow's Eve by planting a large and cynical pumpkin on top of the book that has for many years held John's undivided attention. But the Grounds Crew came to the slow-witted scholar's rescue with a ladder and a long pole. The crew reported through its collective nose that the intruder suffered from acute internal decay, but the statue maintained its dignity...
...Cornell students have been suspended for a year for making a surprise raid on the studio under the camouflage of Hallow'een masks. They seized the transmitting facilities and for several minutes threw listeners into a panic by broadcasting news of Soviet attacks on European cities. The students are protesting the University's action...