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When the Six first got together in 1957, Britain refused to join for various reasons: doubt that the Common Market would succeed, respect for her Commonwealth ties, and historic insularity. But as the Six's tariff walls have precipitously tumbled within and the Common Mar ket's economy boomed, Britain has felt increasingly envious-and isolated. Britain's hastily assembled European Free Trade Association of the Outer Seven proved pale competition for the spurting Six; E.F.T.A. partners Denmark and Sweden are restive and dissatisfied. In Parliament, press and pub, Britons were debating the far-reaching issues that...
...buyer," such as the homeowning World War II veteran, who wants to upgrade to a bigger and better house. "Quality" houses are selling well, but crackerboxes in far-out neighborhoods are slow indeed to move. Says President Jack Hoffman of Chicago's F & S Construction Co.: "The shelter mar ket has disappeared. The days when you could simply sell a roof to put over someone's head are finished...
Reporters Bill Shadel, Quincy Howe, Mar vin Levin...
...efficiency that suggested expert Communist coaching. The island's radio stations broadcast no news but plenty of lively music, as a reign of terror spread across the island. The Castro government itself boasted that it had executed 29 persons, including Castro's ex-Agriculture Minister Humberto Sori Marín as well as three Americans, for plotting to assassinate Castro. Foreign correspondents were herded-along with 1,000 or more Cubans whose loyalty to Castro was questioned-into makeshift concentration camps in the Havana Sports Palace and a downtown hotel. Across the island, members of Castro...
Ultimately, the translation of Greek poetry is a doomed craft, but Torrance succeeds at it remarkably well. His smooth and graceful verse rendering captures Sophocles' sense and most of his imagery. Even the frequent iteration of "wretch that I am" does little to mar the flow of the language. Naturally Torrance loses the melody and complex rhythms of the original; this, of course, was unavoidable in a translation...