Word: epical
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Tory capitalists, whom he has nonetheless criticized for draining the wealth of the prairies into industrial Ontario. He has espoused closer cooperation with the U.S. and industrialization of Canada's West. Shortly before World War II he bartered prairie wheat for Munich beer. His policy handsprings have been epic but grounded in three basic beliefs: 1) social security for all; 2) the need to remove world trade barriers; 3) the right of all to live in a world of "peace and plenty...
...troops land in North Africa; Nov. 13-15: the U.S. Navy sinks 28 Jap ships in the epic Battle of Guadalcanal...
Third Generation. The third generation is conscious of having a grandfather who sought liberty in a new country, but his picture of that "epic" is dulled by the fact that Father does not respect the old man. It is his simple duty to outstrip his father...
Altogether Mildred made at least fifty Vocalions and Brunswicks, nearly every one a gem. On Brunswick she sang the better songs of the day with husband Red Norvo's baud. It was on Vocalion, though, that Mildred really cut loose and made an epic series of records. She had everything her own way. She sang old songs, new ones, anything good. For accompaniment she got the best musicians available. Some of them, like Teddy Wilson, Artic Shaw, Chu Berry are well known; others, like Hank d'Amico, Chris Griffin are not. But the most ignominious musician on her dates complemented...
...through her boldly experimental short stories, to the great achievements of her middle period, and the less successful attempts of her later years, which were carried off by sheer virtuosity in her command of language. He shows how she introduced the lyric element into the novel, turning from the epic style of earlier novelists to focus on the moment, on the unique personal experience. This experience is given added poignancy by her feeling that "personality . . . was a unity arising out of continual change...