Word: blanks
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...eleven poems in Nicodemus, seven are reprinted from magazines. Like many a matured poet before him, Robinson has turned to Biblical and historical themes: Nicodemus, Sisera. Gideon, the Prodigal Son, Toussaint L'Ouverture, Ponce de Leon. Most of them are written in Robinson's familiar, intricately lucid blank verse. Of the lyrics, many a reader will prefer the verses on "Hector Kane." who, at 85, was still skeptical of the passage of time, died of a stroke in the midst of his skeptic's boast...
...Bernie at golf. The Family Circle also brightens the lives of its consumers with a department of puzzles called "Do You Know Your Groceries?" Sample: a caddy is depicted hopping up in the air, exclaiming, "Whoops! He-putt!" Grocery knowers will insert the trade name Sanka in the blank...
...candidates, Professor Matthiessen stated, should read "Oxford of Today," which will be put on reserve in the Reading Room of the College Library. Official catalogues of Oxford University can be consulted in the Delivery Room. The Rhodes Scholarship Memorandum for 1932, and accompanying application blank may be had from Professor Matthiessen...
Though the local coroner was ready to give a verdict of suicide, other officials demanded more investigation. A coroner's jury uncovered evidence of sex maladjustment. Mrs. Reynolds, almost hysterical, declared her mind was a total blank for July 5. "The only picture I have," she moaned, "is Smith standing over me on the sleeping porch. First he called my name. Then there was a flash and then that crash of the universe - just like every thing falling around me. And that feeling of his head in my arms and the warm blood." The jury concluded that Smith Reynolds...
Besides his favorite dancing-boys the Maharajah took particular delight in religious speculation. An English missionary, Miss Potter, once camped near his palace, and he went straight out to call on her. While she hustled out chairs, prepared to welcome him he sounded off point blank, "'Miss Potter-where is God?' 'He is everywhere,' replied Miss Potter with dignity. 'But, my dear Maiden,' exclaimed His Highness, planting himself firmly in one of the chairs, 'what good is that...