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...will never be done. Sixty-nine years after Whitman's death, a squad of 14 scholars is at work on a projected 14-volume edition of his collected writings. The first two volumes consist of 707 letters handsomely printed and annotated, and apparently not so much as a postcard to a landlady has escaped. It is a curious collection, not only for the Whitmaniac or the addict of Americana, but for all who find interest in what a genius talks about when he is not being...
Apollo & Grope Leaves. After Epidaurus, the North Wind headed for the gemlike isle of Poros and a postcard panorama of lemon trees, whitewashed buildings, and brightly colored caïques in the harbor. The Greek government cut Delos, the island where Apollo was born, off from the outside world for a day, so that Jackie could enjoy its rubbled splendors alone. At Mykonos, an island with a population of 5,000 and 333 churches, every wall in the capital city, and even the cobblestoned streets, had been given a fresh coat of whitewash. In a tavern in Hydra, Jackie enthusiastically...
House recently, he vowed that he would not "mess with" the benefits that would be offered to his own North Carolina farm. But then he received a postcard from the Agriculture Department, saying that he was qualified for a Government check of $2,201.06. He changed his mind, signed up in the program...
...time he returned to Nancy in 1621, he was a celebrated artist. By using a hard varnish on his plates, he was able to eliminate lines and create others at will. His etchings were sometimes little bigger than a postage stamp, sometimes about the size of a modern postcard. Peering through a magnifying glass that Galileo had given him, Callot was able to fill them with an incredible amount of detail. He did his share of portraits to please his patrons, but the entire baroque procession, in all its motley moods, was his province. There were simpering courtiers and crippled...
Though German-born, Adolf Eichmann was raised in Austria, in Linz, the postcard prettiness of which was darkened during the '20s by the breakup of the Austro-Hungarian Empire after World War I. Adolf's father lost his job as a factory manager; young Adolf had to quit college to get a job as a salesman. Like other middle-class youths with a grievance, Adolf Eichmann turned fascist. In Germany on business trips, he thrilled to the sight of brown-shirted Storm Troopers marching beneath swastika banners, and listened avidly to the Munich ravings of another product...