Word: raymonde
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...criminal butlers, an age that shrugged off the brutal questions of murder and the criminal mind, concentrating instead on ratiocination, the logical elucidation of clues, and rules about playing fair with the reader. Schaffer sets out to murder and bury that genre--as if Dashiell Hammett's and Raymond Chandler's cynically brutal crime stories had not already done so--by revealing Wyke's vindictive hypocrisy and then having Tindle attack Wyke's books as "the normal recreation of snobbish, outdated, life-hating, ignoble minds...
...Mexico, the kidnapers' leader turned out to be Raymond Napoleon, 24, a primary-school teacher, whose relatives are being held in jail. "I belong to no party," he declared, "but I am part of a group of students and teachers who are fighting the Duvalier government." The twelve prisoners he had freed included several student leaders and a union leader, Ulrick Jolly, who had spent most of the past ten years in jail. The 13th prisoner, Ambassador Knox, who plans to resign soon anyway, flew to Washington declaring, understandably, "I need a rest...
...been a part of the late 20s revival of the paper, had gone on to become a popular instructor in the Economics Department. Throughout the early 30s, Sweezy's familiar "ARS" appears at the end of notes in the comment book. As an instructor, Sweezy and a colleague, J. Raymond Walsh, became active in the Cambridge Union of Teachers which faculty members had recently established. In 1937, Harvard announced that both men were being given terminal contracts. In 'explaining the dismissals of the two men, the University said that they...
...giving two year concluding appointment, University officials last week dismissed Alan R. Sweezy and Raymond Walsh, instructors in Economics in answer to widespread question that the discharges may have been based on the outstanding liberal activities of the two men, a statement was issued explaining that the move had been made "solely on thaigrounds of teaching capacity and scholarly ability...
...camera itself affect the Louds? No one knows for sure, though a likely guess is that various forms of self-consciousness toned down the family's language and the drama on occasion. As to the divorce, Photographer Raymond thinks that it was inevitable, and the family so far has not disagreed...