Word: mr
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Mr. Lefkowitz charged that victims had to pay in advance for their non-existent flights...
Papers filed in the New York State Supreme Court charge that Paul T. Douglas of New York City is implicated in the fraud. Mr. Douglas is also believed to be connected with fraudulent advertisements for drivers to bring new cars, free of charge, to all major cities in the United States...
...Mr. Styron's novel has been given a Pulitzer Prize. Considering the wide critical success the book enjoyed, this result was foreseeable. Most of the novel's acclaim is explained to be due to these virtues: the human validity of its hero, the historical veracity of its factual information, and the merit of its social impact...
...novel on any phase of the black revolution is de facto propaganda and allegory, whatever the author's disposition toward his subject matter may be. In consequence, aesthetic considerations must take second place to the social and political ones in criticizing such a book. With artistic considerations aside, Mr. Styron's novel is little more than an attempt to demean Nat Turner and the black people. The book fails to make good its claim to historical veracity and perpetuates a large number of anti-black myths and assumptions...
...leader was clearly not dependent on his attachment to the "master" and his own status as a "house nigger." Add to this the fact that the blacks were overawed by his ability and desire to read and we have a somewhat more logical leadership figure than is presented in Mr. Styron's Turner...