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To keep within the maximum height allowed by Cambridge zoning regulations, the architects have sunk the buildings into a court which is four feet below ground level. President Pusey commended Shepley, Bullfinch for having "conceived a pleasing design which makes excellent use of the limited space...

Author: By Alan H. Grossman, | Title: Leverett's 'Twin Towers' Will Open in Fall of 1960 | 11/26/1958 | See Source »

THE PROSPECTS ARE PLEASING (217 pp.)-Honor Tracy-Random House ($3.50).

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Bitch of Ballyknock | 11/24/1958 | See Source »

Tommy O'Driscoll, the fictional hero of The Prospects Are Pleasing, is a rachitic young Dublin clerk who dreams of being "the Anointed, the Victim, and, at the same time, the Hero" in the "march for a free Ireland." Dispatched to London on a secret mission to recover a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Bitch of Ballyknock | 11/24/1958 | See Source »

It's always entertaining to read about one's own school in an outside publication, especially when the article is featured under such a grandiose title as "Imperial Harvard." In the first of three Harper's articles on different U.S. schools, David Boroff has attempted to communicate what is Harvard...

Author: By Charles S. Maier, | Title: 'Imperial Harvard' | 10/3/1958 | See Source »

Yarborough's haymakers last week rained down in a crowd-pleasing attack on Blakley's bulging money belt. Blakley, charged Yarborough, is spending $60,000 a day on the campaign, which has been enlivened by barbecues, hillbilly bands and beauty queens. "Seats are bought on the New York...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Texas Knockdown | 7/21/1958 | See Source »

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