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...Lord's Will." West Germany's pre-election atmosphere was scarcely democratic in the U.S. or British sense. The mental and moral morass left behind by Hitler nourished many factions on the lunatic fringe. The tiny, extreme-right-wing Deutsche Rechtspartei advertised itself with the command: "Vote for DRP-this is Our Lord's Will." In Düsseldorf an anonymous group distributed swastika, swathed pamphlets extolling Hitler, reviled Jews, urged Germans-many of whom were weary and wary of all political parties-to stay away from the polls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: The Beginnings | 8/15/1949 | See Source »

...street, he had her marched straight off to jail. It was this inability to see life (or himself) in consistent proportions that was his strength and weakness; it made the Dickens novels, says Author Pearson, seem like "a blazing volcano of genius almost entirely surrounded by a morass of imbecility...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Holy Terror | 5/16/1949 | See Source »

...also, apparently, frozen up their playing, and Detroit critics were quick to notice it. Wrote the Detroit Times after a concert last week: "A morass of spotty mediocrity . . . the low point of the season." After the next night's repeat performance, Reichhold grabbed a real hot potato with both hands. He rushed backstage, delivered an ultimatum: "Either the orchestra does something immediately about the press, or 90 men will be out of a job. Dr. Krueger and I have fought bad publicity by ourselves long enough. Now it's up to you." He ordered them to protest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: I Like This Way | 2/14/1949 | See Source »

Below the top level the acting falls into the morass of undisciplined and inconsistent characterizations typical of American Shakespeare companies, which do not have the acting tradition and standards which hold British productions together...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Playgoer | 4/15/1948 | See Source »

Borgatti declared that Watson had, in the last week vetoed a request for University financial backing for the Band, involved petitions for rehearsal space in a morass of red tape, and hamstrung the Band's proposed South American trip this summer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Band Manager Attacks Three Watson Rulings | 4/12/1948 | See Source »

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