Word: extent
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...somewhere between Joyce, Proust, and Ezra Pound is so obvious and consequently distracting that any perceptive statement is distressingly blunted. Weller also portrays his psychologically disturbed hero, Epes Todd, with such embarrassing earnestness and intensity that it is impossible for a reader to associate himself with Todd to the extent that Weller demands. For example, Epes Todd writes what we are to believe is an exceptionally brilliant if not conventional set of answers to an hour exam. The grader makes a series of picayune and absurdly literal comments on the exam and give Todd a D. The reader is expected...
Such information as the age and general condition of rooms and furnishings, amount of closet space, extent of kitchen and guest privileges, and the type of heating will also be collected, Currently, the Registry lists only general information, often provided by telephone, and lets each prospective renter find out the details...
...Puhlic Enemy. The basic interests of the man in overalls are today the same as the basic interests of the man in the business suit. To the extent that inflation develops, both are robbed...
Meanwhile, Communism was still pressured by the forces of discontent at home and disunity within the satellites that had made the U.S.S.R. welcome Geneva I as a diversion and a symbol of hope amid the tyranny of life under Communism. To the extent that the spirit of Geneva has been harmed (by the Communists' hand), that hope has been struck down. The anti-Communist world prospers, economically and politically. West German prosperity is the marvel of Europe. Talk of European unity revives. The U.S., breaking production records, is in sight of balancing its federal budget. President Eisenhower...
...short time ago was a penniless young man himself, aspiring to marriage with the most eligible young future Queen of Great Britain, should have been such a fire-and-tongs enemy of Townsend, and of Margaret's marriage. It would be interesting to know to just what extent this man is domineering the throne of Britain and the three women that make up the royal family. I am the mother of two, and believe there were strong arguments on both sides of the Margaret-Townsend question, but I'd hate to think that a modern villain-disguised...