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...light of these facts," Morris says, "it seems reasonable to conclude that in the choice of life-ideals by present-day college students, the traditional contrast of East and West simply does not hold...
...Here in the deepest sense, in the movement toward integral man, is the convergence in world outlooks which is now taking place. It is supported in both East and West by cultural tradition and by present-day aspirations. It is within this great process that we as nations and as individuals now have to find our place...
...England, oldtime Cinema Comics Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy, doing a personal appearance at a Newcastle theater, looked down their noses at the modern generation: "Present-day comedians, particularly those in America, gain laughs at the expense of someone else's discomfort. Insult gags are a crudity we avoid...
...world. Last week a Manhattan gallery got around to giving one of Italy's best young sculptors, 38-year-old Pericle Fazzini (TIME, May 7), his first U.S. show. Fazzini's American debut proved once more that where the human figure is concerned, Italy's present-day sculptors are as interesting as they come...
...date by including scores of products (television sets, antibiotic drugs, plastic materials, Orion, frozen foods, etc.) which scarcely existed when the old index was drawn up in 1932. Listing twice as many commodities (a total of 1,845), it will provide a more accurate cross section of present-day markets. One change, however, stirred up criticism: 1947-49 average prices were used as the index base of 100, instead of the old base of 1926 prices. Result: when the old index ended, it stood at 174.8, or 74.8% above "normal," while the new one began at 111.7, only 11.7% higher...