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...heavies after them. Hope wants none of this-he just wants to get to Hollywood with his penguin Percy-but the director manages to keep them together without the old standby of handcuffing them. If the chase motif seems a somewhat contrived means of doing this, it doesn't detract much from the picture because Hope keeps up a steady patter of wisecracks and facial expressions which make the action incidental...
...contributions of William Carlos Williams, Djuna Barnes, and Horace Gregory are less than shamefully insignificant. Marya Zaturenska's "Organ, Harp, and Violin," a palpable parroting of Dryden's "song for St. Cecilia's Day," combines with a host of insignificantly obscure poetry to bewilder the reader and to detract from the worthwhile portions of the issue...
This difficult and ugly story packs a considerable wallop-thanks to the shrewd direction of Sam Wood and effective performances by his cast. Its ending, though overdramatic, does not detract from the atmosphere, mood and genuinely compassionate portrayal of life in a U.S. small town of not so long...
...material as the filling in of Back Bay is omitted. And certainly even poetic liceuse does not excuse the illustrator from depicting the Charles flowing serenely past Massachusetts Hall in the direction of what is now the Square. But these criticisms are decidedly minor in character, and do not detract from the general felicity of Mr. Tourtellot's treatment. "The Charles" remains a thoroughly interesting book, and belongs on the required reading list of every Harvard student...
Without seeking to detract in any way from the credit out pink playmates should get for their good order and discipline, I should like to point out that there was no likelihood whatever of any clash, and that when America First counter-pickets were sent out to prevent the Student Union from having a monopoly on the newspaper photographs, they were limited in number and given equally strict orders not to do any talking or anything else that might start trouble...