Word: latters
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...milder among his opponents, he is a latter-day Richelieu, moving suavely and powerfully behind the scenes, establishing his own court favorites or giving the knife to those fallen from grace. Extreme critics have pictured him as a kind of Svengali, whose sinister influence covers sinister designs on the President and the country. Others say he is a man of no principles who simply acts through (and hides behind) his idolized principal, the President...
...rare piece by Henry James, before seeing it performed may lead to disappointment. The Harvard Dramatic Club-Radcliffe Idler production of James' "Owen Wingrave" last night appeared well conceived and intelligently performed, with the perhaps major reservation that its casting in some cases left something to be desired. This latter impression, however, may be based on preconceived notions that the average playgoer will not have. Despite any flaws, "Owen Wingrave" remains impressive, and its premiere is an important event...
...premiere of "Owen Wingrave" comes during a period of revival for Henry James, marked by new collections edited by Philip Rahv and Professor Matthiessen, and by the latter's analysis of four Jamesian novels in his book, "The Major Phase." In the light of Time magazine's recent, generally accepted comment ("James' stories are meant for slow reading. A little of them goes a long way. Condensed, mellow, with their felicitous phrases and generous perceptions woven unobtrusively into the slow, deliberate prose, they have a flavor that no other fiction possesses."), considerable interest has focussed on the ability of James...
...Comdr. Tully was Gunnery Officer of the Navy transport U.S.S. Harry Lee, which had the distinction of serving as training ship for Guadalcanal's famed First Marine Division. Subsequent transfers took him to the transport U.S.S. Calvert, and then to the U.S.S. Charles J. Badger. On the latter ship, a 2100 ton destroyer, he served as Gunnery Officer in the spring of 1943, with the rank of lieutenant...
...service should explore every nook and cranny of Germany and Japan so as to make absolutely impossible the building of parts for planes and rockets and other death-dealing machines in small shops all over the nation, to be assembled in a hurry and used to threaten us. This latter point is most important. I can already hear a blabbermouthed German leader of ten or 15 years from now warning the world that unless Germany is given "living room" she will turn loose the two million rockets she has secretly built and with which she could easily wreck New York...