Word: mention
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...vaguely with ideas that fail to fit the form be constructs so well. Two poems by Seymour Lawrence, "City Nun," and "The Beggar," present an honest attempt by their author to escape the introspective not that seems to have enmeshed most young writers. Both Koch and Lawrence received honorable mention in the Garrison Prize competition...
...Hotel Pennsylvania, where the American Psychiatric Association was holding its annual meeting, flew a fat pigeon. Two days and many conferences later, pointedly ignored by hotel guests, the bird still perched or flapped over the potted palms and the crowded sofas. A pressroom aide explained: "Everyone was afraid to mention the pigeon in the lobby, with all these psychiatrists around...
...unusually well-leavened with foreign stars, for now with the war over they have a chance to leave the confusion of Europe and gain the quiet security of the high wire and trapeze. Another influence of the modern scene is a display involving a Junior Jeep, not to mention the tragicomic clown skit with a bright black Atom Smasher. One clown climbs in the machine and...the rest can be imagined...
Preventive Measure. In 17 years as dictator, Trujillo has broken the spirit of the 2,000,000 Dominicans (200.000 whites, 1,200,000 mulattoes, the rest Negroes). Few dare even to mention his name in public, though in whispers they call him "Beautiful Murder." Seven months ago, 60 rebel soldiers plotted to oust him. For two weeks the Government did nothing. Then the plotters were sent to outposts at Pedernales (on the Haitian border), and at the town of Loma de Cabrera. When they had taken up their new posts, the conspirators were stabbed to death, a11 at the same...
...referring to Houston's growth, you mention that along its 50 miles of Ship Channel shore there are concentrated $6,000,000 worth of plants. $600 million would be more nearly accurate, for one oil company alone has over $100 million invested in refineries and other...