Word: presentation
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...time at all, Puerto Rico was being added as a horrible example in the anti-Catholic pamphleteering that is present in varying degrees across the U.S. But the concern was not confined to bigots. The bishops' ban raised anew the legitimate questions of Protestants (and some Catholics) who had heard Catholic Candidate Jack Kennedy pledge repeatedly that his church had no power to influence a Catholic's political decisions. As news of the first edict spread, Midwestern newspapers were peppered with questioning protests. In Denver widely respected Methodist Bishop Glenn R. Phillips announced that...
...Harvard Dramatic Club will produce two plays without fail this spring, even if it can't present both at the Loeb Drama Center...
...subject for Johnson's first biography reflects to a large extent the influence of some of his earlier works. Shortly after World War II he served as the editor of an anthology of satire, tracing in his introductions the development of satirical thought from ancient Greece to the present. At this time he became interested in the power of Dickens' satiric dialogue and characterizations, and returned to him as the natural choice for his first biography...
...restricted himself to the writing of non-fiction, however. During the thirties he published two novels, Unweave a Rainbow (dealing with "the disappearance of illusion in the process of arriving at maturity") and The Praying Mantis (a murder mystery centered on the anxieties of the killer). At present he is concluding a biography of Sir Walter Scott, which he hopes to finish some time next fall...
...spending present funds on mathematics and languages rather than egg-beating and driver training would improve things vastly without any new money (indeed, driver education costs a good deal more than English literature). Selection of tests by men employed for expertise rather than appeal to local benevolent legions would improve the lot of the most overcrowded school...