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...that his uncompleted Oral History of Our Times, now eleven times longer than the Bible, will be ready for publication when the world, "which is now only 20 years behind me, catches up." Now at work on a monograph entitled Why Princeton Should Be Abolished, Harvardman Gould explained: "Most present-day publishers are illiterate and also from Princeton...
...Most present-day appliances for crip, pled people, including her own braces, are "medieval," says Betsey Barton...
Arthur Footer Suite for Strings, Op. 63 (Boston Symphony, Serge Koussevitzky conducting; Victor; 4 sides). A fresh, well-built Brahmsian piece. Salem-born, Harvard-trained Composer Foote (1853-1937) was a far sounder craftsman than most present-day U.S. composers. Performance excellent, recording good...
...people attending. But overly ambitious plans have been ruled out by a University ruling that a maximum of $900 is to be spent on the band for the Freshman Jubilee. This may curtail the Committee's field of choice among well-known orchestras considerably, especially because of present-day high fees...
...delay was typical of present-day steel negotiations. Industry has fought a slow retreat; labor has methodically exhausted every lower authority to make its case correct; WLB is in no hurry. The barrage began with Phil Murray, in a quiet, dark blue suit, saying quietly: "I do not come before the Board for the purpose of wielding a stick or threatening a strike. I don't want any commotion . . . to arise out of these discussions that might precipitate a disruption of production...