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...subject matter seem very important, that is because, in his handling of it, he does not make it seem convincing; it may be that he places too heavy a burden on his character, who not only suffers from paranois and homosexuality, but is besides, a drunkard, a drug addict, a bore to his friends, and a silly boy. Nemerov, however, is a writer to be taken into account; a brilliant stylist, he is the most accomplished writer of prose published by the Advocate this year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ON THE SHELF | 6/4/1941 | See Source »

Your article on "practical pacifists" (TIME, Feb. 17) ought to be hailed by all of liberal ilk. I have not seen as fair and unbiased a presentation of the pacifist position anywhere in the secular press, and I'm a confirmed addict of the liberal periodicals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: The U. S. and the War | 3/10/1941 | See Source »

Phil Field is a Sophomore addict who skied several years in Switzerland and has a bright racing future. If he can he speeded up he will be a very good slalom man, since his work is characterized by intense vorlage, and his turns are very smoothly done...

Author: By Paul C. Sheeline, | Title: What's His Number? | 1/7/1941 | See Source »

...punchy," he said. "You tell me." Michael Todd, 33, is a small, dark, jut-jawed addict of cigars and green suits. He was born in Minneapolis, where he peddled papers, played a silver cornet in a boys' band until his father moved to the country to run a general store. Aged 12, Mike worked in a Chicago carnival pitch where anyone who could throw three balls into a bucket got a free duck. Mike's job was to sit hidden under a platform, jerk a string that made the balls bounce out if they happened to drop into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Mantle of Barnum | 1/6/1941 | See Source »

...while visiting Ford's Wayside Inn, managed by the boy's father. Earl Joseph Boyer. Attracted by Robert's active interest in what made the world go round. Ford took him out of the Framingham High School (near Boston), where he was a hockey and baseball addict, "B" chemistry student, later enrolled him in the Ford Trade School...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOMOBILES: Plastic Fords | 11/11/1940 | See Source »

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