week by week
AND NOW, SCHOOL BUSES
RECENT MONTHS have been full of controversy of a socio-politico-religious nature. There was the fight over "Baby Doll," which happily seems to be fading away....
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The American War
"THE WHOLE COUNTRY, SOUTH INCLUDED, IS JUST BEGINNING TO SEE THE CIVIL WAR WHOLE AND ENTIRE FOR THE FIRST TIME"
WALKER PERCY
WHAT ARE THE reasons for the current revival of interest...
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ELEVEN YEARS LATER
Pilgrimage to Dachau
MORRIS PHILIPSON
THE WEATHER suddenly turned mild in Munich at the beginning of February. Birds were chirping in the bare trees. The snow had disappeared, and...
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DUSK, NOVEMBER 1956
Grey dogs howl for the rebel dead
In the darkening hills beyond the towns.
Their echoes gather in my head
As colors in the sky fall down
And windows blacken that reflected...
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HERE AND THERE
TO EACH HIS OWN
"EVERY LITTLE Englishman," someone said, "is born a Whig or a Tory." And it may be that every little American is born a liberal or a conservative. That would not be...
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THE SCREEN
COME TO THE FABLE
WITH PLENTY of sentiment and adventure, "Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison" tells the story of a nun and a U.S. Marine marooned on a war-torn island in the South Pacific in...
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THE STAGE
FOUR VERSIONS OF COMEDY
IN The Dark Voyage and the Golden Mean, his brilliant demonstration of the philosophic essence of comedy, Mr. Albert Cook charts the course of human experience...
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BOOKS
Vivid Account of America's Early Leaders
THE MEN WHO MADE THE NATION. By John Dos Passos. Doubleday. $5.95.
By JOHN COURNOS
HERE is a book that is an education in itself. It is scholarly...
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Index to Volume LXV
October 5, 1956 to March 29, 1957
Articles, Editorials and Poetry
Abridged Reader, The ...................... Editorial 142
Academic Freedom ...................... John Cogley...
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