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...instructor in a survey course in modern American and English literature . . . I commend you for having done an immense service to literary pedagogy. Emphasizing instead of his eccentricities the many ways in which the foremost poet of our day is an ordinary, enterprising citizen may spare us some of the looks of derision which we sometimes get when we insist, often too stridently, that poetry . . . can tell us something about the world in which we live that is not inimical to gaining success in business...
...Sidney Dye, Labor member for Norfolk South-West, last week declared: "Ducks greedily devour wireworms and leather jackets, thus ridding the soil of these pests. It may well be that those who eat the ducks can readily assimilate the robust characteristics of these other creatures. If so, may I commend to His Majesty's Ministers the value of ducks and green peas for a regular place in their diet...
...Then commend your soul to God, cry Viva Espana and die like a patriot...
...conversation, peace was declared. Johnson issued a formal statement which put Congressmen and federal officials on their honor to use military aircraft only for trips in the "national interest." Definition of national interest was largely left to the conscience of the officeholder and his boss. Cooed Elmer Thomas: "I commend Secretary Johnson for his decision...
...should like to commend TIME for its fair and accurate account of the conviction of my husband, Larry Gara, for "counseling, aiding and abetting" non-registration for the draft...