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...good book has ever been written that has in it symbols arrived at beforehand and stuck in," says Hemingway. "That kind of symbol sticks out like raisins in raisin bread. Raisin bread is all right, but plain bread is better." He opens two bottles of beer and continues: "I tried to make a real old man, a real boy, a real sea and a real fish and real sharks...
Mendès hoped to win over the Socialists, who have disdained to join any French government for the past three years, by giving them six Cabinet posts. The Socialists decided to join Mendès only if he agreed beforehand to push three Socialist measures. Unwilling to have his hands tied, Mendès said he would study the conditions until his return. He arrived in Quebec looking his usual assured self. After all, the Socialists, with almost no debate, had agreed to support the Paris accord for the new German army, which should assure its passage...
...mediation is the FMCS's arbitration service, in which McCoy provides an impartial arbitrator to sit in judgment and hand down a decision. The Government's only role is to suggest a list of arbitrators; labor and management choose the man, pay the costs, and agree beforehand to abide by the decision. Arbitrators have been so successful at their jobs that requests for their services jumped 55% in fiscal...
...minor scales and dominant harmony still evoke all the necessary emotional resonances in the listener. Mr. Greenebaum seems not to have scrutinized a single one of the phrasing patterns in the work. The thunderous 32nd notes in the introduction were played too slowly and without the indicated rest beforehand. Not even in syncopated rhythms was the uniform level of long bowings varied. The last movement was indeed played with a bright and appropriate staccato, but Mr. Greenebaum, as if mistrusting the work's power to hold attention, inserted an uncharacteristic and unwarranted dynamic change...
...With deep scruples against taking life, when World War II broke out, he did the next best thing to being a conscientious objector. "I resolved never to have a cartridge in my gun if I ever landed at the front," he says. "I wanted to be sure beforehand that I could never kill...