Word: themelis
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...between there are reminiscent essays, a travel sketch, essays on English heroes and English character, reprints of the author's literate radio broadcasts to English schoolchildren. Professor Rowse says that when he came to collect his writings he was surprised to find the strong and consistent theme that ran through them-"something more than pride in, a deep love for, English things . . . for our tradition itself and the literature in which it is expressed and handed on." It is likely to inspire much the same emotion in President Roosevelt (most of whose ancestors were English, not Dutch...
...altar, before a troop train arrives to carry him off. The story's main excuse is to try to form a link between the musicalia, which appear every ten minutes. Like "Thank Your Lucky Stars" and "Thousands Cheer," this movie is just an unoriginal variation on the star parade theme...
Luckily, the appeal of the play's theme and setting keeps pace with its errors and artifices. Lachlen's companions-a Yank, a Tommy, an Aussie, a New Zealander-with their unforced talk, their unmilitary longings, their international humor-are likable stage types. They are also, because they never strain to be, pretty convincing soldiers...
...socked at Mayor Ed Kelly, Governor Dwight Green, lawyers and bankers and traction interests, politicians, the plain citizenry ("suckers . . ."). General theme: Chicago is a shoddy place to live, because of cupidity, stupidity, boondoggling and apathy. All this was not so much an expose as a loud public belch, well illustrated. In stories signed by "William Tell," the public was invited to join in with its own complaints. Said the Herald-American: "Tell William . . . and let William Tell...
Last week, at a conference in London of the Council for World Citizenship attended by 2,000 teen-age students, Barbara Simonds made a speech. Its theme: "Learn to hate." Said...