in thus far standing up to the commissars in his "lonely joy"—has rendered great service to the cause of truth and freedom. May he see them prevail in his own country. PROPRIETY, PRUDENCE AND...
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Between Two Worlds Nationalism at least acted as a substitute for religion, but now the Japanese are deprived of even this by ERIK VON KUEHNELT-LEDDIHN IN SPITE OF the fact that every...
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My First Hurrah by JOHN C. CORT I'VE LEARNED what it feels like to run for public office. There was the day early in the campaign when I went down to Goodenough Street to find a friend. I had the...
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J. P. Marquand, Esq. by WILLIAM JAMES SMITH JP. MARQUAND tells an amusing and revelatory story about the genesis of his career. • His first novel was a swashbuckling historical romance which he...
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MYTH I knew a man with a terrible obsession who thought that he was fire who would tramp the fields in hob-nail boots turning all the timothy into ash and all the wild geese into funerary...
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THE SCREEN BILLIARD BALLS AND PAPERWEIGHTS ALL THE ingredients and possibilities for a good picture are in "The Roots of Heaven," but somehow it is a disappointment. Based on Romain Gary's novel,...
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THE STAGE THE MUSIC OF OLD MANNERS MR. HAROLD CLURMAN'S production of the last O'Neill play has about it—apart from other and less inevitable presences—an air of the supererogatory which is not to...
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OF NOTE POPE PIUS XII AND THE JEWS MANY Protestant and Jewish leaders expressed sympathy and deep regret at the death of Pope Pius XII. A comment of particular interest, dealing with his efforts...
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BOOKS Melodramatic Story and Novel of Ideas THE BELL. By Iris Murdoch. Viking. $4.50. By JOHN P. SISK NOW THAT Miss Murdoch has published her fourth book it should be apparent to her...
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