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...like a perfectly normal neurotic. "Solid!" and "All reet!" are about all he will say in the gravelly sigh that serves as his voice, but his friends attribute great spiritual strength to him. Aware of his power over people, Monk is enormously selfish in the use of it. Passive, poutish moods sweep over him as he shuffles about, looking away, a member of the race of strangers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jazz: The Loneliest Monk | 2/28/1964 | See Source »

...feasts to come. And the Danes, farmers to the core and Social Democrats as well, are in no mood to ignore threats at their fertile lands and cooperative organizations. But to rally Norway and Sweden behind them may be difficult, for besides the customary international jealousies, Norway is very poutish over Denmark's action in the Greenland case which was settled at the Hague, and Sweden has always been rather friendly with Germany...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yesterday | 11/20/1933 | See Source »

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