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White (E. for Elwyn, B. for Brooks), comes equipped with a slogan: "Federalists of the world, unite!" And he waves a flag, "a wild flag, [the flower] Iris tectorum." In a Whitean dream a Chinese delegate says: "I propose all countries adopt it, so that it will be impossible for us to insult each other's flag." Lest all this seem too whimsical (Author White made his reputation as a humorist) the tough-minded reader is offered a working policy: "We propose that it shall be the policy of the United States to bring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Brave New Scanties | 11/11/1946 | See Source »

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