Word: themes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...plenty of good peanuts, And giveth his neighbor none, He shan't have any of my peanuts When his peanuts are gone. . . . Ok, won't that be joyful, joyful, joyful, Oh, that will be joyful, when his peanuts are gone. There were many variations on the same theme, e.g.: When his John Wanamaker's endurable, reversible, sit-on-'em and mash 'em, patent restorable, operatic plug hats are gone...
What would save Britain from the threats of inflation and bankruptcy? The White Paper offered one familiar generality: increased production. But there was a new note in the White Paper's theme. Increased production would have to be achieved without increasing costs, i.e., wages...
...distinguished audience, following the formalities, Bishop Sherrill spoke from a heart filled with the urgency of the times. His theme: "the temper and mind of the church." Said...
Author Cain's introduction is so spirited that readers are likely to start his new novel with respect and sympathy. Unfortunately, they will find that The Butterfly, despite its air of dealing frankly with the delicate and ancient Oedipus theme, is about as incestuous as Tarzan of the Apes...
...move fast, however, to keep abreast of Oscar Williams' A Little Treasury of Modern Poetry (Scribner), which appeared last June and has already sold 18,000 copies, quite a trick at the price ($3.50) in a country still supposedly shy of modern verse. Williams' arrangement is by theme, and his choices encompass most of the best poems as well as the best poets. Like "mr u," he includes his own poetry with honest liberality (nine of his to four each for Robert Bridges and Edwin Arlington Robinson...