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...Factual Spirit. There had been disappointments, Vandenberg conceded, and there was reason for legitimate and necessary criticism; the "impact of Communist aggression in the Far East" could not be ignored. "These are essential subjects for judicial congressional survey in that same factual spirit which must continue to strive to put our country first in our consideration...
...that the church is the ally of the powerful." In Quebec's rapid drive toward industrialization, workers were not living well enough and wealth was not equitably divided. Said the letter: "If [employers] value their employees as men and as Christians ... if they pay just salaries and ceaselessly strive to improve working conditions . . . they will favor social peace and a new harmonious understanding...
...secret, as Flanagan saw it, was "music you want to dance to-not wild and not icky. You might say I strive for music comparable to Saturday Evening Post art-no Carnegie Hall atmosphere." Victor called it "The Flanagan Flair." Actually, even down to a sweet clarinet leading the. saxophones in front of big but softly barking brass, it was more of a hark-back to the days of Glenn Miller...
...Dunster men attribute the friendly cohesiveness of the Funsters to their isolation. Funsters, themselves, admit there is something to this. Geographically, however, Dunster is no father from Sever than Eliot. It is removed, however, from the bulk of the Mount Auburn Street pinball havens, and hence, Dunster men strive to make their community the self sufficient entity a House is supposed...
...novel is best when it is describing the everyday life of the two transplanted families as they strive to maintain an English civilization of tea and tennis against the veld. Major Elliot pulls up the fever trees to build a formal park and garden around his house; Mrs. Ashburn holds a "musical evening" for the two families every Wednesday. In the portrayal of the subtle tensions and affections of their family life, the author shows fine perception...