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The approach to literature and writing, for example, was extremely, rigid, clearly showing the influence of both feudal classicism and modern dogmatism. The analysis of literature followed an unchanging pattern from theme to precis, to style, and the writing assignments allowed almost no originality.
But Ho marched on the Communist side: his forces carried huge banners with pictured of Mao on them and posters that proclaimed the gory of the Chinese. Ho's men killed the bad authorities to ingratiate the people, but they also killed the good to terrorize the government. There was...
As to the essays in the book, you may be interested to know that the one about corruption in government, which you quote, was in fact a precis from Lecky's History of England.
GUGGENHEIM-Fifth Ave. at 89th. An exceptional exhibition of American drawings selected by Curator Lawrence Alloway includes work by such senior draughtsmen as Gorky and Tobey, along with some by relative newcomers, including Larry Poons and Sven Lukin. A handsome historical precis of Albert Gleizes' offers the U.S. its...
ONLY a brief precis of Taylor's account of the period's tragic diplomacy is possible here. From the Versailles settlement of the First World War right to the failure of Western negotiations with the Soviet Union in early 1939, the West sought to make sense out of the conflicting...