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Word: prayerwheels (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1946-1946
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...sympathy with any solution less than the abrupt "struggle for equality" which he predicts. While full of understanding for the exploited, he has none for the problem itself, and no answer but the one which he repeats with a certain mechanical frequency reminiscent of the prayerwheel spinners. Most conspicuous is the handling of the history of the southern problem, which is handled not at all. Readers of "Izvestia" now stand convinced that America has been indicted of crimes it ignores with true capitalistic brutality and neglects to remedy in the manner of courtiers at old St. Petersburg. Logically, the Russians...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: On the Shelf | 12/16/1946 | See Source »

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