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...impression that they are eminently subtle and thus convey a nuance which could not be obtained any other way. Needless to say, the subtlety remains in the poet's mind, somewhat beyond the reach of the reader, and so phrases such as "the chairs obliquely ignore each other" annoy rather than enlighten...

Author: By Peter E. Quint, | Title: Identity | 5/7/1959 | See Source »

...Prime Minister's trip has also been valuable to Britain domestically. Khrushchev's efforts to annoy and embarrass Macmillan, and so to weaken his position in the impending British elections by depicting the Moscow trip as a failure, only served to set off Macmillan's courtesy and firmness, and actually seem to have helped him at home. While Macmillan demonstrated his good faith by pushing for increases in trade and cultural exchanges, he still remained firm in rejecting a pact which would close United States air bases in England...

Author: By Bartle Bull, | Title: The Lion and the Bear | 3/10/1959 | See Source »

...degree and go on to medical school. Probably out of respect for him, and out of no desire on her part, Gertrude applied to Johns Hopkins. In 1898, a year later than her class, she graduated magna cum laude. Then she went to live in Baltimore, went to annoy and embarass the young men students...

Author: By Alice P. Albright, | Title: Gertrude Stein at Radcliffe: Most Brilliant Women Student | 2/18/1959 | See Source »

...have a knife." On the other hand, so few people are really grateful to him: "It's not that I need credit. But somewhere along the line the dog should be patted on the head." If some neighborhood toughs honk their horns outside his house to annoy him, he speaks of being "hounded by degenerates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Late-Night Affair | 8/18/1958 | See Source »

...poems, such as "Tyger! Tyger! burning bright," in children's consciousness. The fact that his Tyger symbolizes, among many other things, the French Revolution, seemed typically odd, as did his hatred of churches and of the Industrial Revolution. But Blake's angers and oddities gradually cease to annoy as his radiance grows more apparent and his honors increase. Items: ¶The year's many Blake exhibitions in British museums had their climax in last week's display at London's Tate Gallery. Washington's National Gallery of Art this fall hung a vast Blake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Blake at 200 | 12/23/1957 | See Source »

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