Word: latters
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...presented my basic reasons for vetoing the proposed Sunday Closing Law [which would close grocery, clothing, etc., stores on Sundays-March 2]. However, I regret the manner of the article's presentation, which made it appear a direct conflict between myself and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon), of which I am an active member...
...British, the American position on specific problems often seemed, in latter-day diplomatic parlance, to be "rigid." To the U.S., the British view sometimes seemed best symbolized by an umbrella and bent toward dangerous compromise. Areas of discussion...
Garbed in the extremely informal attire which has become their trademark, Mr. Corso and Mr. Ginsberg read extensively from alternately long and short poems, with Mr. Corso showing a much stronger tendency towards humor in his writing than did Mr. Ginsberg. The latter, to the considerable surprise of most of the audience, which had come in search of a sideshow, was an unexpectedly "serious" poet, especially in the long prose poem, Kaddish, and in the well-known Howl with which he ended his reading...
Levine fares immeasurably better. The two small canvasses, Nude Reclining and Two Politicians, show the painter at a maximum of cogency and sensitivity. The latter canvas happily succeeds more as a painterly statement than as a social comment. Its small size preserves at once its impact and its nuance. Advocacy can be carried off to advantage in the arts, but it has a way of corrupting all but the strongest. Some of Levine's much heralded larger canvases plead excessively where their business is to resolve. In this respect, a splendid containment and innate dignity comprise one major superiority...
...latter, the varsity will swim Tom Bartlett, Bill Schellstede, and Bill Murray, with hopes that Schellstede can slip into the finals. Bob Komenda, a 440-yard competitor all season, will enter the gruelling 20 minute, 1500-meter freestyle...