Word: detail
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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What is involved is broader discussion in broader terms of national policy, less of detail and more of broad consideration. Executive authority belongs with the executive, while powers of appropriation, of general policy determination, of overall inspection and supervision are within the hands of the legislative. They might be more effectively exercised to provide more effective position of the legislative in the commonwealth...
...legislative body in the interest of the executive. I pause therefore to say with all possible emphasis that this is a suggestion for broadening and strengthening the powers of the legislative body, and making it an even more important factor in national organization. Legislative bodies are not strong in detail but in general principle; they are most competent not in the minutiae of government but in the determination of the general directives of government action. The very greatest quality of the Constitution in the opinion of many notable commentators is the broad sweep of its language, its success in enunciating...
...Zapp's trials in attempting to sell a somewhat flinty U. S. press on the merits of doctored, Nazified German news were bared in the lavish detail of Zapp's own correspondence, also urgent Berlin cables demanding information on Franklin Roosevelt's political chances...
...Nelson Gidding displays a facility of technique and a mastery of dramatic detail that make his story excellent reading. The emphasis on character psychology, combined with these technical qualities, results in a stimulating narrative which increases steadily in intensity to the end. Gidding saves the final knockout punch for the last few lines, although if the reader has the perception, the conclusion will come as no surprise. The story is probably the best the author has produced...
Another short story of the psychological variety, but one in which the main character is of even more an introverted and frustrated type, is Billy Abrahams' "Wind In Dry Grass." Pure character psychology, without recourse to actual external detail, is a tough assignment, but Abrahams handles the job well. The kaleidoscopic emotions of the dying intellectual, frustrated by the realization of his physical inferiority, are portrayed poignantly and effectively...