Word: fancifulism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Mr. Fry's flight into the world of fantasy may be a disappointment to those who remember him for his more serious work, and even for the fanciful "Ring Around the Moon." For "A Phoenix Too Frequent" does not contain the well-constructed plot and incisive characterization which marked much...
Almost a decade has passed since Sidney Bechet replaced Louis Armstrong as the unquestioned King of Jazz. Bechet is a complete original. He invented his own instrument, the soprano saxophone, a metal clarinet which is both reedier and brassier than the wooden version. With it he produces soaring, melodious, and...
There was plenty to talk about. Communist strategy is fixed and crystal-clear-to win Communist domination of Asia-but Communist tactics are growing more obscure every day. Currently, Communist propaganda is truculent, violent and fanciful. It accuses the U.S. of wrecking the peace talks (broken off by the Reds...
The Other Cheek. It is the Jew's sense of special purpose, says Ussher, that has made him an object of resentment to the non-Jewish majority-who have spent centuries trying savagely to persuade the Jew that he has no claim to a creed of hope and purpose...
Certainly, they would agree, if the "singeasy" ever truly reached the fanciful state pictured above, better days are now at hand. Nothing so vigorous now exists.