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...centerpiece of this collection of Djuna Barnes' work, Nightwood still has its moments of beauty and wild wit. The novel's chief strength is a marvelous ranter, "Dr. Matthew-Mighty grain-of-salt-Dante-O'Connor." He roars on for pages, mocking himself as a wretched transvestite, reviling dead gods and performing feats of verbal wire-walking, all to take a distraught Lesbian's mind off her wandering mate. "Do you know," he says in lyrical exasperation, "what has made me the greatest liar this side of the moon? Telling my stories to people like...
...proposals: FREIGHT RATES. The ICC could no longer set minimum rates, only maximum rates. At present, the commission firmly fixes all railroad freight rates, while allowing truckers to set their own rates for farm goods and permitting barge operators to charge what they want for bulk commodities such as grain, ore, oil and coal...
...increased respect for Freeman is like that given to a man who is drowning-bravely. As Agriculture Secretary, Freeman has the most miserable job in Washington: he must struggle with the scandalous U.S. farm program, which last year cost the taxpayers $6 billion. Freeman's feed-grain program did reduce the wheat stockpile by some 800 million...
...plans to back down from his bold programs. "I like to know where people stand and let 'em know where I stand." he says. "Pussyfooting around doesn't appeal to me." In recent weeks, Washington has been buzzing with rumors that if Freeman's grain program does not get through this year, he will be moved to another, less controversial Administration job. The White House flatly denies the gossip. Jack Kennedy likes Freeman as Secretary of Agriculture. "Besides," asks one White House aide, "who would you get to replace...
Gradually collectors began to hear of his highly polished, carved and chiseled figures that adapted their own outlines to the sweep of the grain of stone or wood...