Word: simpsons
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...illumination that the captivating but amoral and egocentric hero brings to those around him. Joey never seems subject to the ideal of constancy which the romantic mind pursues all the more diligently as the improbability of attaining it increases, In renouncing Joey at the end of the musical, Vera Simpson gains immensely in moral stature as Joey diminishes. Linda, or Mousey, who has not learned the lesson of coping with irresponsible charm, remains alone and monetarily bereft of any spiritual sustenance...
Ardrey cites as proof for his mutation theory of evolution the fact that few transitional forms of species have ever been found. His reasoning is fallacious. As Simpson points out, there are always many more adapted animals than transitional animals; probability alone would indicate that transition forms should be scarce millions of years after they became extinct...
...Murphys are but whispered of -to date. The prettiest Murphy of them all is said to be called 'Happy' Murphy. She is young, in her early 30s, and a country-loving girl. Already people are comparing her to the Duchess of Windsor when she was plain Mrs. Simpson. However, this seems a strange comparison, for the two women have nothing much in common-except perhaps energy. Mrs. Murphy has worked tirelessly for the Rockefeller Foundation...
There is a surprising amount of good poetry, most of it-like the prose-in conventional forms. New poets like X. J. Kennedy, Daniel J. Langton, James Wright, established poets like Donald Davie, Howard Nemerov, Louis Simpson are well represented by well-wrought verse. One newsworthy item (in Evergreen Review): a strong anti-oppression poem by jailed Soviet Poet Yesenin-Volpin, natural son of the Yesenin who was one of Isadora Duncan's lovers...
...Simpson and 3,000 other U.S. soldiers last week were taking part in one of the biggest maneuvers ever staged in the cramped confines of West Berlin. Dubbed "Ever Ready II," the three-day exercises employed the new M-14 automatic rifle and the M-60 machine guns in Berlin for the first time, along with artillery, armored amphibious personnel carriers, and helicopters that rained psychological warfare leaflets ("Lay down your arms. Live to see your home again...