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Said the liberal, keen New-Statesman and Nation: "At this point we face something even more unpleasant than incompetence. No one will complain that Penang was deliberately evacuated while there was time to withdraw its white inhabitants. But reports insist that its docks and its electric power station were left intact for the enemy's use [see p. 21] and subsequent denials only cover half the charges...
Sinclair's history of National Socialism sometimes sounds like a newspaper written by a kindhearted, turn-of-the-century U.S. Socialist (which Sinclair is). But it works in keen little vignettes-of a devoted block-leader, of a Nazi composer, of a leftish Nazi-and portraits of Hitler, of Goring, of Goebbels (with all of whom Sinclair's ubiquitous hero talks and negotiates). These portraits fall short of Tolstoy's Napoleon by as far as the whole work falls short of the sublime Homeric purity of War and Peace; yet they are honest, moving...
...perfunctory mention of "the accomplishments of our Army" (now retreating in Russia), the little Minister got down to business. What he wanted was Christmas presents for the soldiers on the Eastern Front: overshoes, stockings, woolen underwear, furs, blankets, gloves, ear muffs-anything, in fact, that would turn the keen winds of the Russian winter...
Invitation to Learning's new series of 32 programs was planned on a slightly different basis from its previous 67. Of the three regulars who made up the old team, Mark Van Doren, who is both keen and engaging, alone remains regular. The other two, Allen Tate and Huntington Cairns, are to make occasional appearances. CBS's notion is to vary Mr. Van Doren's companions for the sake of a less foreseeable meeting of minds...
When Perry seeks practical applications for his conclusions on democratic ideals, he is rewarded by a keen insight into the cause and effect of events. One of the most brilliant passages in "On All Fronts" examines the place of faith in morale and demonstrates their interdependence with force and clarity...