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There will be occasional criticisms upon the methods of instruction and government followed here. We may differ from those who teach us, but in every case we will be careful not to say anything unworthy of ourselves or them. Wild and general accusations, in which the plainest thing is the...
It may be that Thurber does not need a literary biographer. Holmes asks the reader to sit still and pay attention while he divides Thurber's career into the "period of apprenticeship," the "period of early success," a third category of "blindness and reassessment," and a "later manner." He...
Throughout all this, Flip constantly takes time out to attend to details ordinarily left to stagehands-testing the door chimes on a set or making sure that a champagne-bucket prop is positioned correctly. Because of his painstaking approach, the show is known as something of a sweat for guests...
Despite Chicago's formidable levels of noise, the citywide crusade for quiet is off to a good start. Environmental officers have swarmed through business and residential areas, recording violations on sensitive decibel meters. Offenders are sent to face judges who can mete out penalties as high as $500 plus...
What about, for example, the aphasics of the counterculture? The ad writer may dingdong catch phrases like Pavlov's bells in order to produce saliva. The Movement propagandist rings his chimes ("Fascist!" "Pig!" "Honky!" "Male chauvinist!") to produce spit. More stammer than grammar, as Dwight Macdonald put it, the...