Word: details
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...lost patches of plaster, and remnants of glue adhere to the surface, but the picture is still unmistakable. It shows a lake or bay surrounded by mountains, with summer villas perched on the water's edge, and a sailboat. The colors are rich greens and blues, and the detail of reflections and clouds shows the skill of an accomplished artist...
...toughest critical yardsticks one can put alongside the modern short story is a two-word question: "so what?" A writer can blue-pencil his way to a clean precise style; if he can combine this with an ear for language and an eye for detail he can describe competently. But above all he must have something...
...English literature once took English 1. They don't any more. English 1 attempts to cover almost every English author from Beowulf to Beerbohm; it plummets through a thousand-year time span at a pace which leaves Shakespeare and Milton two lectures apiece. Examinations stress spot passages and details about the authors. When a man is through with English 1, he knows that "Proud-pied April dressed in all his trim" is from Sonnet XCVIII, and two semesters' worth of similar facts. This mass of detail may be an essential basis for English concentrators who are required to take...
...English Department can fill this gap by giving a survey of English Literature for non-concentrators. Since the course would not be a basis for specialization, it could combine the detail of English 1 with an emphasis on ideas and trends...
...fires. Continuing bad weather hampered search craft. But in the afternoon of the second day, the Canadian fishing ship Cape Perry sighted two of the men signaling from the shore, and in a short time it had picked up ten. Late the same day, a detail from the Canadian destroyer Cayuga reached Trippodi, who was by now delirious, suffering from exhaustion, shock and frostbitten feet. In all, twelve were rescued...