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...There seems to be a centain uneasiness about the first piece of legislation, particularly the word 'must'," Bynum said. "The assumption is that we will be forced to hire unqualified women. This should be a non-issue-the whole conclusion of our report is that there are qualified women to hire...

Author: By Carol R. Sternhell, | Title: Proposals on Women-'A Lot of Unease' | 5/24/1971 | See Source »

...heartily commend the plot, there are a number of instances where, it seems to us, its development has been uneven and almost weak. The incidents are not always up to the pitch of dramatic strength which the plot requires, and the book seems at times strangely to lack a centain intensity of emotion which it ought to possess. In several of the climances that occur in the course of the story, the feeling is not sustained enough, and the situations fail to give their proper effect-the real effect produced on the reader being a slight sense of artificiality, Such...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Duchess Emilia. | 4/10/1885 | See Source »

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