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Philip's saintliness lay in his utter simplicity (he consistently refused papal offers of a cardinalate), his overwhelming love which inspired many of Rome's bright young men to enter the church, and the mystic fervor with which he communed with God (it was difficult for him to say mass without being transfixed by ecstasy). His humor lay in the bizarre penances he exacted at confession and the outlandish antics with which he humbled his own pride...
...three, an utter stranger apprenticed me to a basket weaver in Guatemala. I soon learned to weave with such dexterousness that, by the time my second teeth arrived, I was known throughout the village as the basket child of Guatemala...
This week the proposals for food reduction made by the Student Council Committee for Food Relief will be presented to the student body to accept or reject. First reaction of dining hall gourmets will undoubtedly be to utter loud moans at the thought of gastronomic deprivation. Yet, actual balloting should reveal unqualified approval of a plan to help relieve untold suffering in Europe at the cost of very slight sacrifice here...
Cutting through the indecision of the past months, President Truman has issued a clear call for action to alleviate Europe's food crisis. For the observer who has watched with increasing frustration the various emergency meetings, the extended world jaunt of Herbert Hoover, and the utter failure to act, this comes as a welcome appeal. For the member of the University it is more than an appeal, it is a challenge to express in deed his concepts of idealism...
Maxwell Anderson, lambaster of drama critics (TIME, March 11), had a drama critic in the family. Son Quentin, 34, was new play appraiser for the highbrow literary quarterly Kenyon Review. On his father's recent troubles, Critic Anderson refused to utter a word...