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Word: precentor (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...fantasy to present a heavy parable of American life-especially the life of the semi-migratory U.S. bourgeoisie and the uncertain ecology of their nesting grounds in the U.S. suburb. Suburbia, which in its modern form is barely a generation old, has so far lacked the kind of precentor or poet that the South, the West, the City, and the Small Town long since acquired. In John Cheever, Suburbia has its first poet-mythologist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Ghosts of Chicsville | 1/24/1964 | See Source »

...king and country, many were dying in the Battle of Britain. Some articulate Britons guide C.N.D. Among them: Angry Old Philosopher Bertrand Russell, 88; fiery Socialist M.P. Michael Foot; Transport and General Workers' Union Boss Frank Cousins; and C.N.D. Chairman Canon Lewis John Collins, 56, the politicking precentor of St. Paul's who has proclaimed as the C.N.D.'s goal "converting the Labor Party effectively and then seeing to it that it gets into power with a non-nuclear foreign and defense policy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Great Britain: Pacifism by the Numbers | 4/14/1961 | See Source »

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