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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...MAIAS, by Eca de Queiroz. A minor language is a cloak of invisibility for the man who writes in it. The greatness of Eca de Queiroz (1845-1900), for example, has been almost completely concealed from the English-reading world by the mere fact that he wrote in Portuguese. Happily, the cloak is now removed by this handsome translation of a massive satire that anatomized Portugal's pathetic aristocracy and stands today, against any standards, as a major 19th century novel...
...their own experience with American Negroes. However there's a big difference between the American Negro and his Rhodesian cousin. First, America is the wealthiest nation in the world. Consequently the American Negro is better off than his African counterpart both educationally and financially. Second, the American Negro speaks English, while Rhodesian Africans learn English only as a second language. A language barrier makes the integration of the two races more difficult...
...light a girl's cigarette or send her out to buy dinner. The policeman on duty showed up about every 15 minutes with an autograph seeker. The first time, Dennis's mother quietly reminded him, "Stand up, Denny," and he walked forward to shake hands with a very drunk English teacher attending a convention in the hotel. She wanted his autograph for her two daughters and blubbered fervent thank you's for several minutes while he held her hand and gazed steadily at her flushed face. Dennis was equally gracious to other fans who interrupted; he seemed to want...
Joseph M. Duffy, Jr., associate professor of English at Notre Dame, quoted extensively from the speech of Pope Paul VI before the United Nations...
Elizabeth resolved to keep Mary a prisoner, and to provide a pretext Mary was persuaded to submit her cause to an English commission. Before this commission, the Scottish Regency produced its evidence that Mary was madly infatuated with Bothwell and had conspired with him to do away with her husband. Called the Casket Letters because allegedly they were recovered from a silver casket belonging to Mary, the documents consisted of eight letters, a love ballad supposedly written by Mary, and two marriage contracts she reputedly signed with Bothwell. On this evidence, historians have generally concluded that Mary was involved...