Word: reade
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...appreciate the unbiased [article] on Cardinal Mindszenty in TIME, Feb. 14 ... So seldom does one read a fair exposé of a rather complicated ecclesiastical situation such as this in which the cardinal was placed...
...when he walked on stage, Mr. Edward Weeks, editor of the Atlantic Monthly, said that his main purpose was not to introduce the Sitwells as much as to talk until all latecomers had been seated. And to put the audience in the proper frame of mind for hearing poetry read, he said...
...read, mostly without comment, "Still Falls the Rain," "Three Songs from the Honey Hive" and "The Chain Gang," a poem she said she never had recited before...
...cane, and sat down at another microphone. (Mr. Weeks had explained that Sir Osbert had water-on-the-knee.) He was clad merely in tuxedo and looked very prosperous, distinguished, and glowing. (The Sitwells had just returned from Florida, but only the brother showed a tan.) Sir Osbert read some of his poems--character sketches, they are--and proved himself to be an amusing and more lucid poet than his sister...
...Osbert came back for the last time, and read from the preface and conclusion to his auto-biography. Speaking as, "a citizen of the sunset age," he asked for a re-evaluation, through art, or our spiritual values. While the audience applauded, Sir Osbert brought his sister back on, and in a brief speech thanked them for their cordiality "on this, our last, public appearance in America...