Word: mclntosh
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...THORN TREES, by John Mclntosh. Set in a fictional counterpart of Bechuanaland, the novel tells with special horror how the white man's civilization can fail in the face of its creator's degeneracy and corruption...
...THORN TREES, by John Mclntosh. Set in a fictional counterpart of Bechuanaland, the novel tells with special horror how white civilization can fail in the face of the white man's degeneracy and corruption...
...white "bass." On this level, integration makes a mess of both races. Archie Ferris expresses liberal sentiments toward the blacks; in practice, his enlightened principles are expressed by going on a three-day drunk with his ex-servant, who rides off with a hangover -and the chandelier. Thus Novelist Mclntosh points up his pessimistic theorem about the future of Africa. The blacks will inherit nothing of value from association with the whites, who will themselves be corrupted...
...away from it. Feebly, Ferris' daughter tries to escape, but, though beautiful, she is dim-witted and can't pass the exams that might get her a city job. The place is too much for her; the jackals and the thorn trees have won, she wails. Novelist Mclntosh provides a merciful if not happy ending for the girl, but it is one that is not so credible as his palpably evoked desert of failure that withers her life...
...Evil Effects." Criticism of CIA's financial involvement-however innocuous it may have been-came from every corner of the world. Dan Mclntosh, president of the Berkeley student body, cried that as a result of the N.S.A. affair, "the credibility of U.S. students abroad is greatly damaged." Robert A. Dahl, president of the American Political Science Association, said "there are bound to be evil effects" from CIA's money funnel. Even George Meany, whose A.F.L.-C.I.O. international affiliates had long been richly endowed by the espionage agency's foundations, self-right-eously proclaimed his "natural ingrained opposition...