Word: rather
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Deal seem to have overtaxed his native stock of invective and sent him quarrying in the works of our early masters of vituperation. His recent characterization of the WPA ". . . Like a dead mackerel in the moonlight, it stinks and shines and shines and stinks" (TIME, July 18), rather ineptly retains the stench but loses the shine of the original simile which eccentric John Randolph of Roanoke applied to Edward Livingston over a century ago: "Fellow-citizens, he is a man of splendid abilities, but utterly corrupt. Like rotten mackerel by moonlight, he shines and stinks...
...Louis is, of course, a Negro but not a darky. I expect Mr. Louis would much rather be dubbed "nigger," than darky. The word "nigger" dees mean something; darky is nothing at all. . . My dear father was at Shiloh with General Grant April...
Most striking feature of Arthur Morgan's testimony was his willingness to weaken his case rather than tell half-truths. Witness Morgan first declared that TVA's General Manager John Blandford was "one of the little clique that run things," and lacked the background necessary for the job. Then Witness Morgan added that he himself hired Mr. Blandford away from a job as Cincinnati's public safety director, rued the choice later. In the same implacably veracious vein. Arthur Morgan pointed out that he: 1) signed board minutes which he now says were doctored by David Lilienthal...
...cast tells how the indiscretions of a beautiful divorcee lead to three murders in a New England summer colony. Rivals may turn out more striking stories, but the suspense and atmosphere of The Wall make it the safest bet of the month for readers who want mysteries of general rather than specialized interest...
...DIRECT - Alice Tilton-Norton ($2). Complications, amusing rather than terrifying, beginning in a small town near Boston when someone tries to run over Leonidas Witherall, ex-professor and amateur sleuth who looks like Shakespeare. Good midsummer reading...