Word: penned
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Under the pen name "Tet Toe," which means "Progress," Newsman Pe has translated many Western classics for Burmese readers. Among them : Flaubert's Madame Bovary, Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Ludwig's Napoleon and several De Maupassant short stories. One less classical On Pe translation: Dale Carnegie's How to Stop Worrying and Start Living. With his new novel he plans to reverse the process by translating it into English for British and American readers...
...worst of the lot is a drawing by James Montgomery Flagg showing a jester jabbing his pen into the rear end of an evil-looking person labeled "Hypocrisy." The caption is, "1951--Lampy--Still doing his stuff." If Mr. Flagg is seriously implying that the Lampoon is a puncturer of the balloons of insincerity and inconsistency which clutter up the atmosphere of society, then he should examine more closely the recent copies of the magazine...
Author René Sédillot is a Parisian economist who began his project in 1941 "because I didn't want to write collaborationist articles, and yet didn't want my pen to turn rusty." His book won critics' applause in Paris, sold nearly 100,000 copies in Sweden, was published in London, may soon come out in Argentina and Norway. U.S. readers will find that there is good reason for this success: for all its brevity, Sedillot's history is a bold and breathless tale of suspense...
Artistic students exercise their talents with pen and ink sketches or pencil drawings of their destinations. Others criticize their friends' escorts or activities. Boys fill in the time until their dates are ready by scanning the books...
...Founder's Day, March 22, 1947. The huge gathering of Vassar students was hushed and all that could be heard was the scratching of Sarah Blanding's pen as the signing of the present student constitution was completed. Undergraduates and alumnae rejoiced that day for after 75 years of inept student government, Vassar College had finally come up with a clear, workable foundation for the College Government Association...