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This charming book consists of impressionistic sketches of the sprawling Asian subcontinent done in the pale pastel shades of life rather than its raw primary colors. Filtered through Author (Black Narcissus) Godden's genteel mem-sahib vision, India becomes a setting instead of a place, Hindus and Moslems become figures in a tapestry instead of people, and life moves to the lute strings of poetry instead of the purse strings of necessity. As a free versifier, Author Godden ranks somewhat below another run-of-the-pagoda poet, Emperor Hirohito...
Molded Mandate. Still edited in Boston, the unorthodox, politically independent Atlantic has grown from a genteel gazette for Brahmins into a national monthly of moment that boasts more readers in California than in any Eastern state. From Walt Whitman to Archibald MacLeish, from Thoreau to Thornton Wilder, it has diligently cultivated the best U.S. writers of every decade since its founding. In its broader role as an exponent of the American idea, it has molded its mandate to the times and, at its best, brought to trie vital issues of the day that "nervous force" without which, as Atlantic Editor...
...rays of the teeth of incoming freshmen have shown that almost five out of every six need dental care. While this may be attributable to the average Harvardman's disdain for the physical, a genteel Bohemianism, or perhaps even to actual cowardliness, the important thing is that something be done to restore a physical basis for Harvard's mental endeavor. As of yet, the University has not adequately met the dental problem...
...With her genteel English-Southern accent, her silver-haired good looks, and her lavish parties, Mrs. Janet R. Gray was one of Atlanta's most popular hostesses. At her ranch-style home on 15 wooded acres in suburban Doraville, the charming divorcee entertained scores of Atlantans at parties beside her swimming pool hard by the circular exercise track for her show horses. She made friends everywhere. On regular visits to the beauty parlor downtown she always tipped the operator $2 for a shampoo, $5 for a silver rinse. By entering her blonde, buxom niece, Candace Victoria Laine ("I call...
...theory of tennis. The game to Llewellyn is a ruthless exercise in geometry. For every shot, he argues, there is one proper return, one proper angle to aim for. "You don't play the person, you just play the board as if you were a machine. Tennis looks genteel," he adds, "but it's the meanest, most vicious game I know...