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Chagall's peculiarly repetitive "humor" had its roots in Vitebsk, Russia. Under the Czars, no Jew could forget the burden of dread which Christian Europe forced on his race. But Chagall's family were Hasideans, who rebelled against the sober intellectualism of the Talmudists. They taught young Marc that the essence of religion was love, and that sorrow could only cloud communication with...
When U.S. editorialists fell all over themselves celebrating "the Russian backdown," there was a chance that the U.S. public might be misled into thinking that the Iranian issue had been settled once & tor all. In sober fact, Russia had probably never intended an indefinite military occupation of northern Iran. What she had always wanted was 1) a Government in Teheran amenable to Russian demands, and 2) access to Iranian oil. In the Russo-Iranian treaty Gavam had indicated a high decree of amenability...
...tramped the streets in a threadbare overcoat and man's hat and some artist's castoff shoes. Later, in fancier finery, Kiki lounged in the wicker chairs at the Cafe du Dome or sang in her Pernod-husky voice ("I could never sing if I was sober") at the two-by-four cabaret called the Jockey Club...
...goddam well get offa the booze. . . . Well, I'm going to level with you about Pal Joey. You are a guy that's got to be on the eerie, and you heard I wrote it while I was on the sauce. I didn't. I was sober ... I started [on 'a real beauty'] Thursday. By Saturday morning I'd drunk myself sober...
...everyone goes for football matches 'n dog racing wot they can 'ave a bit of a bet on." Actually the crowds were as big as ever, and grateful for the outing, but some of the old drink-it-up spirit was gone. People generally stayed as sober as their austerity clothes...