Word: bags
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Wildcat in the Bag. Black and white reaction was mixed. Governor Baring himself gives the plan, at best, a 50-50 chance; Kenya's white settlers, some of whom believe that the best way to fight the Mau Mau is to "hang the Kikuyu tribe in batches of 25," condemn it as "immoral" and "appeasement...
...characterized the present administration as haven grasped every major problem except the all important one of political leadership. Here, Alsop admitted, Senator McCarthy has been permitted to use the executive department as a "private punching bag." "However, I am confident," he added, "that the administration will soon be able to solve this problem...
Those who judge Botteghe by its contributions in English will find a mixed bag. Poet-Novelist Robert Graves (I, Claudius, Sergeant Lamb's America) leads off with The Devil Is a Protestant, a mildly humorous essay contrasting the austerities of Protestant worship and Roman Catholicism's stress on rich symbolisms. Any Graves fan can see that a talented righthander has been giving his left hand a workout. But there are well-written, offbeat stories by such U.S. writers as Alfred Chester and Elizabeth Hardwick that few magazines would try out on their readers. The princess thought they were...
...smile came over Vag's face; he rushed into the bedroom and started packing his bag. "No Crime Monday, Washington's birthday," he shouted to his roommate as he closed the door and headed West...
...fine wines to his guests. Up at 6:30, he drives himself to work in a Volkswagen, spends his evenings reading business correspondence and studying Volkswagen problems all over the world. While most of his traveling is on business, Nordhoff found time last year for a safari in Africa (bag: two lions). It was also on this trip that he decided against making a big car, simply wired: "Stop all work on new project...