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* For a year after the crash of October 1929, British newsorgans exulted in the "collapse" of the U. S. In recent months Britons, absorbed in contemplation of themselves as impoverished and deserving debtors, have paid less attention to the plight of the U. S.
The past year saw the end of worthy old World's Work, the birth of an equally serious effort called Economic Forum. Outlook lapsed into coma from which it emerged New Outlook. Police Gazette ended a long senility spent in contemplation of a bawdy prime. In its place sprouted...
Katharine Cornell is of more than average height. Her broad, mobile face is ruled off at the bottom quarter by a large, loose mouth which can be as horrible as a conventionalized Grecian mask or can twist up into one of the most appealing smiles on the U. S. boards...
Alien to most busy folk in the U. S. is the Buddhist hope to reach Nirvana by self-sacrifice, contemplation, suppression of passion. Nevertheless, now & then some inquisitive or discontented Westerner adopts Buddhism. Last year a Mrs. Margaret E. Ledson, 33, California divorcee, became the first U. S. Buddhist nun...
When, early in the War, Lewis Alison is imprisoned with other captive English officers in the Dutch fortress Wierickerschans he, unlike his fellows, welcomes incarceration. In this enforced retreat he will be able to lead a long-desired contemplative life, work uninterruptedly on his history of English 17th Century Contemplative...