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...anyone who cares to clarify his faith in a nation, and in human beings, the book will be an eminent pleasure to read. It is not within miles of faultlessness; it is not the kind of book that tries to be. It is as placidly worked as a cow works her cud, and naive enough, sometimes, to make that cow smile; but the book contains some of the gentlest, most beautiful writing about American living that has ever been done. For though Anderson, as he says, was "but a minor figure," he is no less significant and symbolic an American...
India is nothing if not selfconscious: Indians derive both humor and a satisfying sense of tragedy from their hopelessly internecine differences. As Sadhu Singh Dhami, a distinguished Sikh scholar, said last week: "The cow is sacred to the Hindus and pork repulsive to Moslems. . . . The Hindus are rather noisy in their ritual and greet an interesting variety of mute gods with a blare of conch shells and din of gongs, while the Moslems' worship of Allah is austere and silent and includes a bit of healthy physical exercise. The Moslem is circumcised, while the Hindu is not; the Moslem...
They used to call Edouard Daladier, in public, the "Bull of Vaucluse," while behind his back they muttered: "that cow of vacillation." They used to draw cartoons of Léon Blum shaking with fright at the gusty leftism released when his Popular Front swept the 1936 elections. But last week, at the "war guilt" trials in Riom, ex-Premier Daladier was no flabby trimmer, ex-Premier Blum no weakling...
...slaughtered the Army's most sacred cow, competitive bidding. Henceforth, the Army and all other procurement agencies must place their contracts by negotiation, not by competition. Speed of delivery, says Nelson's order, not price, shall be the main consideration. Small manufacturers are to have first go at simple, standard articles. The little fellow owning suitable machinery, with minimum need for additions, gets first call on small contracts...
...Navy announced tonight that the 5,100-ton Brazilian liner Cayru was sent is the bottom Sunday night and that 53 cow members and six passengers still are missing...