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Marblehead's most pernicious problem is a leering, sneering, domineering war correspondent (Keenan Wynn) who would rather chase a bottle than a battle, and who likes to brag that he wears "a 7-5/8 [hat] and about the same size in dames." The problem becomes critical when the...
Pretensions & Spitballs. Author Wilson's view of life may sometimes seem like that of an undertaker assessing the most likely customer, but there is no denying the sneering precision of his observations. U.S. readers, without suffering the Englishman's special anguish which comes from a feeling that he...
The Dollar Grin. Abroad, the U.S. penchant for size and splash brings on snide cracks that the American car is the symbol of American culture: a "dollar grin for all the world." But the real experts-Europe's stylists-are quick to defend the U.S. car. Italy's...
Faubus' latest lie came in a letter addressed to "Maj. Gen. Edwin A. Walker, Commander of Occupation Troops." Because of the sneering (and incorrect) address. Walker, a tough Texan, returned the letter unopened. Governor Faubus, playing his little game, had already released it to the press. Two days later...
Five years later, in 1917, Ronald Knox resigned and entered the Roman Catholic Church. "Authority played a large part in my belief," he said later. In his new church, too, Knox was ordained to the priesthood, and soon he was back at Oxford, this time as a Catholic chaplain. For...