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...pundit's suggestion made scant sense. Even his conclusion-an appeal to the President to prove that he was honest in his promise not to engage U.S. troops on foreign battlefields-could be charged to a wistful faith in a commitment made in disregard of the facts of present-day international life...
...them were taken nearly a hundred years ago. The photographer who had made them had died in his native Scotland in 1870 without ever having seen a modern film or darkroom. But he had caught the dour, moody characters of his sitters with a Rembrandt-like vividness that no present-day camera artist has ever surpassed. His name: David Octavius Hill...
Professor Bruner found that from 1930 to 1940 there was a vast tinkering with curriculums, but 85% of the courses of study still are out of step with "the rapid tempo of present-day society." Findings...
...pamphlet, one of a series including "The Second Coming of Jesus," and "Dangerous Bathing Suits," declaimed: "Much of the present-day dancing has a direct sexual appeal: Avoid it if you would keep pure...
Congratulations on your splendid article on Henry Ford and his present-day plight [TIME, March 17]. It is the first open-minded, clear and comprehensive picture presented in many a day of a man who for all his faults has done this country more good than all the unions, Perkinses and Wagners can ever hope to accomplish...