Word: silent
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...other poetry in Paris Review 10 is not on a par with "Sequence In Venice." Adrienne Cecile Rich's "The Tree" states a Frost-like theme (silent, unresponsive nature capable of instilling fear, frustration and solace in man) with a disappointing lack of economy. "The Ballad of Mother and Son" by Wilfred Watson contains some rather wild metaphors which are utterly mystifying. "I saw God like a trout in a creek" probably means that the speaker had a flashing glimpse of God, but "trout," "creek," and "God like a trout" seem extraneous and forced, if not totally meaningless. The other...
...practical purposes, he contended, human nature is "uniform and permanent," and human nature is the ultimate ground for the silent struggle between religions...
...Campbell and his son Alexander. In 1809, in Washington, Pa., they rejected Calvinism, formed an association for "the Restoration of the Ancient Order of Things." The Campbellites believe that laymen have the right and duty to preach. Their motto: "Where the Scriptures speak, we speak; where the Scriptures are silent, we are silent." About 80% of Church of Christ membership (1,500,000) is in rural areas...
Died. Alice Joyce, 65, oldtime glamour queen of silent films (Beau Geste); of a heart ailment; in Hollywood...
From the time when the United States Senate voted to censure Joe McCarthy until the contempt trial of Leon Kamin this week, the Wisconsin Senator's rasping voice was noticeably silent. This week, McCarthy was back at the old stand, flinging accusations of softness toward Communism at his perennial favorites, Harvard and Nathan Pusey. This time, however, the attacks lacked some of their steam. Joe McCarthy was in a courtroom, not out on the hustings, and the atmosphere seems to have affected his vitriol...