Word: personably
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...hours and 81 pages of testimony later, weary Franklin Roosevelt had uncovered neither political dynamite nor very much else, told the directors to give him further "facts" a week later either in person or in writing. Breaking his silence, Chairman Morgan had the last word: "I personally want to thank the President very much for the fine consideration he has shown...
...WORLD-Richard Aldington- Doubleday, Doran ($1.75). An author who always manages to seem honester than the words he writes, Novelist Aldington (Death of A Hero, All Men Are Enemies, et al.) here plies his trade-secret with a heavy hand. Twenty-one oozy love lyrics, written in the first person, are followed by a commentary in which he describes the crystal sources of the ooze. For debutantes, deadly poison...
...Chancellor declared that German-broadcast allegations of disorder in Austria see p. 18) "are lies from A to Z!" He said Germany "today handed President Miklas [of Austria] an ultimatum with a time limit ordering him to nominate as Chancellor a person designated by the German Government...
Foreign aggression and arrogance may make war inevitable, even for us. But if we are forced to make the decision between war and peace, let's guard against the illusion that it will be to the betterment of any individual person's, town's, or state's happiness. Let's not go to war prompted by the argument that "any change will be for the better." Peace cannot be insured by broad emotional pleas for humanitarianism. Going to war is too personal a matter. Peace can better be obtained by reawakening a belief in future better times and by driving...
...story is told in the person of Bayard. As the scene opens, he is a boy of twelve, and the style is juvenile. As the novel progresses, the style becomes more mature, and the final result is the rich and colorful prose characteristic of Faulkner's previous works. This book should take its place as a worthy successor to Absalom, Absalom...