Word: pseudonymes
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...anonymous contribution to the literature in and of the University was made yesterday by a bard who has masked his real identity under the pseudonym "Silver Star." The contributed bit of poetry was found framed on the ledge underneath one of the Sargent paintings in Widener Library in the company of a wreath also anonymously presented. The Library authorities have been unable to find out the identity of the donor or donors and no statement has been made with regard to the permanent position of the two gifts...
Under the pseudonym "Student of War," a well-known British publicist delicately prodded...
...LOST DOMINION-"Al Carthill" -Putnam ($3.50). Under the title of this book, a florid classicist-an Indian civil servant-whose pseudonym does not hide the fact that at the best he came from Oxford or Cambridge, revels in a verbose interpretation of the history of the British in India. The general conclusion which the author reaches is that the British will one day lose India, for reason that there will be no place for her in the Commonwealth and no tie to bind her to the other Dominions...
...Maiden Speech. Alfred Duff Cooper, known under the pseudonym of beautiful Lady Diana Duff Cooper's* husband, made his first speech in the House: "If the League were to decide against us and say we must withdraw in favor of some other country, then the British people would refuse to recognize the ruling of the League; and that would be the end of the League forever...
...Lausanne (TiME, Aug. 6) one of the problems left over for further discussions was that of Mosul. The technical argument over Mosul is: Does it belong to Iraq or to Turkey? The real trouble is much deeper than that. Mosul has become in diplomatic language a mere pseudonym for oil, because around that city are rich oil fields. Britain has a protectorate over Iraq and supports the Iraquians (Arab inhabitants of Iraq) against Turkish claims to Mosul. The Turks claim Mosul on ethnological grounds, a claim which is patently absurd, because the percentage of Turks there is small. None...