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George Meredith was the Evelyn Waugh of the Victorians. He was wondrously clever, with a wit that snapped and crackled and never faltered through more than 20 novels. "His pages so teem with fine sayings and magniloquent epigrams, gorgeous images, and fantastic locutions," said Critic W. E. Henley, that "the mind would welcome a little dullness as a glad relief." Had he had the virtue of simplicity, in addition to his other talents, he might have been to English fiction what Shakespeare is to its poetry and drama...
Spanish Harlem has become one of the most densely peopled places in the western world. Social workers have often found as many as 20 men, women & children living in a single four-room flat. Beds are used in shifts. By day, the area's streets teem with children. In almost every block there is a sidewalk gambling game. By night, the streets crawl with idlers and men & women back from jobs as dishwashers, laundry helpers, needle-workers. The average wage for Spanish Harlem: about $30 a week...
...Hawk '49, Frederick W. Kinsman '49, William G. Lawrence '50, Mark W. Leiserson '48, Bernard Loitman '40, Donald P. MacDonald '50, William W. Mee '47, James M. Menger, Jr. '48, Vincent P. Moravec '40, William F. O'Connor '49, Berol L. Robinson '48, Abe Schestopol '49, and John M. Teem...
Commuters named were: A. S. Cavallo '48, R. A. Fitzgerald, Jr. '46, Sewell Guild '45, John H. Murray '41, and Steven J. Stadler '48; while Eliot House men cited were: Edward W. M. Bryant '50, G. H. Montgomery '45, D. G. Outerbridge '46, S. Spielberger '49, John M. Teem '50, and Louis A. Williams...
Last week Waikiki, Honolulu's most popular resort, became a deserted village overnight. A Jap air attack could scarcely have emptied more quickly Waikiki's streets, cafes and bars, which usually teem with thousands of soldiers and sailors...