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...forgotten the War or to those who never knew it, Remarque's preoccupation with this one theme may seem morbid or adolescent. It is not the brotherhood of man that moves his pen but the brotherhood of comrades-in-arms (Kriegskameradschaft). Readers of Three Comrades thought they could detect an almost wistful note of old-soldierism in Remarque's latest. Though he never refers to the War as the good old days, his heroes have become, at least by implication, praisers of the terrible time when they were young...
...Beldon family heard of it, the couple were invited home. The complications which result from the "little lark" are only heightened by the appearance of Mr. Ratcliffe who has himself played a part similar to Mitty's. He has deserted Anne, Nick's sister, and he is able to detect the sham...
...whole 129 in either set would last 16 years. Two-year-olds have a new test, consisting mainly of a box of toy objects, such as an automobile and a shoe, which they can identify by pointing and gurgling. Older children point out the larger of two balls, detect verbal and pictorial absurdities. "Superior adults" restate proverbs in their own words, fill out blanks in sentences, find antonyms...
...been spotted so frequently that astronomers believe every star must go through this spectacular performance once or more in the billions of years of its life. Hence if M. Belorizky has interpreted his findings correctly, the universe may be full of planetary systems too distant for any telescope to detect...
...unknown hoodlums who winged District Attorney Buron Fitts of Los Angeles last fortnight (TIME, March 15), unwittingly gave the Los Angeles Times a long-awaited chance to detect a rival in a shabby deception...