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...theory-kicking that made him a figure with impact. Still relatively unknown, he basks in the shadows of the men he influenced: T. S. Eliot, Yeats, Ezra Pound, Wyndham Lewis, Epstein, et al. In a model of graciously written, cleanly organized scholarship, Hull University Lecturer Alun R. Jones has produced a definitive critical biography that places Hulme where he belongs, as one of the shapers of 20th century consciousness...
Morison probably writes his best about the giant hull-to-hull slugging matches in which American sailors showed their best. "Lord of himself," he said of Midway's victor, "Raymond A. Spruance emerged from this battle as one of the great fighting and thinking admirals in American naval history." Of the fight for the South Pacific, he says: "For us who were there, or whose friends were there, Guadalcanal is not a name but an emotion." Sailor-Scholar Morison, who rode eleven ships and won seven battle stars and the Legion of Merit with combat clasp while getting...
...Styan is Staff Tutor in Literature and Drama in the University of Hull's department of adult education. His book, The Elements of Drama, shows how good teaching can be. This is not a piece of original scholarship on the drama; it is a straightforward and lucid introduction to the subject, and of its kind a model. The book is sensible, intelligent, interesting and detailed...
...Blocking. Just to prove that his first pro performance was no fluke, McCartan did equally well against the Chicago Black Hawks. He had to settle for a 1-1 tie only when, in a melee, the puck bounced off a skate and into the net. Twice, burly Bobby Hull, the league's leading scorer, drove straight for the mouth of the cage. Twice, McCartan met Hull headon, bulled him off balance, and booted the puck away. Conceded Chicago's Glenn Hall, hottest goalie in the league: "He's got a good right skate for kicking out shots...
Sailor, Beware! In Jacksonville, police warned whoever stole Mrs. Ralph Y. Smith's 16-ft. aluminum canoe that it has a hole in the bottom of the hull patched only with a Band...