Word: solider
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...though independent characters, they are still part of a greater scene. The Dust Storms have pushed them along with countless thousands like them from their land of which they were so proud just because it was theirs and because it was solid and dependable. Bewildered, they drag themselves in droves to California, the land of milk and honey; their faith necessary to carry on is built on expectation of a Promised Land, where they will live in "little white houses in among the orange trees." On the road some die and some wander off. Then, once in California, they become...
...spirit of these migrants that composes the theme of the story. Steinbeck has made them real, round, solid characters. Brought up on selfreliance, now they come into conflict with things that are beyond them. The story sprouts from this base; as conditions grow worse, the spirit grows stronger. There is no resolution to the problem in the book though with no solution in sight, it ends on a note of trust in their integrity. The author has let actions speak for the morale of the people, with only occasional direct expressions of their philosophy, and this is as it should...
...Casa Loma's new album for Decca is supposed to be excellent, with Louis setting in as guest trumpet player on "Rockin" Chair"... Court decisions get more complicated with one judge in New Orleans recently handing down a decision to the effect that "the aforesaid plaintiff does have a solid band in the true New Orleans style, and should therefore he paid his wages...
Preliminary sparring again surged into the nation's headlines yesterday. In another of a series of carefully calculated moves--serving the double purpose of educating American public opinion and presenting Hitler and Mussolini with solid food for thought--President Roosevelt endorsed a strongly worded Washington Post editorial. Smarting under this newest blow to his cherished isolation, Senator Nye termed the presidential statement "a splendid evidence that we are inviting ourselves into another European war." That his statement is illogical will not have much bearing on the real issue, for there is still a large number of persons who would "protect...
With so much to recommend it, Christ in Concrete has one unfortunate fault-its occasional passages of impressionistic, Joycean rhetoric. But these passages are not structural. Without them, the book would be as solid as one of Author di Donato's brick walls...