Time's 40th Anniversary Party: Only in This Country

"Nowhere else in the world could a group of people like this come together under such auspices," said Paul Tillich, famed head of the University of Chicago's School of Divinity. "In Europe, it would be a group which only royalty could command. The presence of all these people and the fact that it could take place under private auspices says something very good and very important about this country." In a mood of reminiscence and evaluation. Theologian Tillich was summing up TIME'S 40th anniversary party, held last week in New York City. "All these people." as Tillich described...

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