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"Environment of Strangers." In 1948, shortly after Durie's marriage to Shevlin, ex-Husband Desloge filed suit contesting her custody of the only daughter of their marriage. He charged that Durie had "failed to give said child motherly love and affection by reason of extended absences," was raising the...
Magical Power. At first glance, the six objects of Wescott's literary affection-Katherine Anne Porter, Somerset Maugham, Colette. Isak Dinesen, Thomas Mann and Thornton Wilder-seem to have little in common. But all illustrate Wescott's passionate belief in the magical power of a story to hold...
From the Tower of Babel to the railroad roundhouse, men have always felt an almost romantic affection for circular buildings. Now, newly appreciated for form and function, round buildings are rising all over the U.S. and filling a variety of needs.
None of this seemed to bother Kerr. Although he was often irrelevant, he was always interesting. He hemmed through Kipling's Recessional, hawed through the parable of the talents-and needled the liberals unmercifully. "I have great affection for the Senator from Tennessee," he cooed at Gore. "He and...
But then Democrats - and in an election year at that - followed with an outpouring that climaxed when Majority Leader Mike Mansfield, in terms of glowing rhetoric, managed to out-Dirksen Dirksen. If, said Mansfield, he were only possessed of Dirksen's "wit and wisdom," "humor and poetry," "scholarly erudition...