Word: manuscript
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...through a long-winded introduction of himself at an independent voters' dinner in Chicago. When the glowing rhetoric finally ended, Stevenson rose and thanked his introducer: "I am not a candidate for anything at the moment, but all the same, I hope you don't lose that manuscript...
...Syndics meet once a month to hear reports on the manuscripts that have been submitted. Before considering a book for publication, the Syndics have the opinions of at least two readers-often research fellows or graduate editors. If the book gets by their scrutiny, the syndic in whose special field the book lies reports on its merit and the discussion begins. If one member is opposed to the book, thinking that it does not measure up to the Press's standards, he challenges it, and the Syndics then examine the book quite closely. There is usually unanimity of opinion...
...house of Scribner got from Kenneth Grahame, secretary of the Bank of England, a manuscript entitled Mr. Toad. Publisher Charles Scribner II was doubtful of its success. Author Grahame's previous juveniles (The Golden Age, Dream Days) had been about children, whereas Mr. Toad was about animals, with nary a child from start to finish...
...frame grew skeletal, his voice, out of control, now boomed, now croaked in a whisper. He was in and out of hospitals. The few people who met him called him gentle and immensely patient. When he died last week at 65, he left at least three plays in manuscript, including the reportedly autobiographical Long Day's Journey Into Night, which, by the terms of his will, may not be produced until...
Late on the fourth day of debate, he took the rostrum with a thick manuscript. Haltingly, fuzzily, he began to speak. "The question arises," said he. "whether German rearmament can really be avoided . . . The line of defense should be pushed as far to the east as possible. The defense of Europe . . . requires great depth. This depth can be obtained only by carrying the line of defense as far as is possible-that is to say, by including Germany...