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...Wagner we . . . reach an uncertain twilight region - part biological, part social, and part . . . esthetic. But the pattern is the same. Art has its evolution, which follows the development of races and nations, the progress of culture ultimately requiring the union of the arts in a popular synthesis of sociological import. The Ring [of the Nibelungs] accordingly celebrates in turn the superman-to-be, the fall of the old gods through the curse of gold, and the triumph of Germanism, in one long tale of blood, lust and deceit. . . . History is a sieve that works, and the residue is the artwork...
...many, the Vichy-Nazi collaboration portended events far outreaching Europe and Africa-of the gravest world import...
Through these tactics it became necessary to tack down wind in order to reach the leeward mark, and while the Tech skipper was figuring out problems of aerodynamic import on his calibrated sliderule, the great Miller with consummate ease jibed his craft three times, but on each occasion his machinations bailed and Tech ran off with the "championship...
Replacing natural materials which we now import with "ersatz" would require at least three years of great industrial effort, he said, and would mean great dislocation of our economy if it had to be carried out during a maximum war effort...
...Buenos Aires was piled three times as much goods for shipments to the U. S. as there was cargo space available. The whole "Good Neighbor" program in Latin America was endangered by lack of ships to carry on the trade which the U. S. has subsidized through its Export-Import...