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...smiled wryly--I have never known aim to smile any other way--and tapped a fresh cigarette on his thumbnail. He drew deeply, held his breath, and looked 3' the carpet through narrowed eyes...
Here, on a thumbnail, is the story of a busy man. The interpretations placed upon this story have given us at least five different Hoovers, and all of them are different...
...washerwomen, bandits and railroad gangs. They tell stories, of pioneer memories, of the Mexican border, the "big, brutal cities," the Southern mountains, of five different wars. This one came from a Santa Fe buckaroo, that one from the Leavenworth penitentiary. Mr. Sandburg places them all, gives in his thumbnail introductions vivid pictures of the times and the people that produced them. "Drivin' Steel" comes from the mountaineers of East Tennessee. It is a working class song straight from men on the job, uttered to muscular body rhythms. One can almost hear the ring of steel on steel. There...
Hatred, Marriage under False Pretenses, in the round old-fashioned way. He assumes embattled political moods and delivers thumbnail diatribes on Normalcy, the Kaiser at Doom, the Foes of the League of Nations. More widely appealing will be the ex parte satires, which are very human and mellow indeed and written, as is the whole book, with notable artistic economy. These include: a Mystic, a Skeptic, and a suppressed Dyspeptic who called himself an Asthmatic; a Famous Author who Returned to the Primitive, enjoying both himself and the publicity; a nimble Ass and an Elephant, who grumbled "life is easier...
...committee has also decided to revise the social service pamphlet issued annually by the Phillips Brooks House to make it more into the form of a text book for novice social workers. The pamphlet will contain a thumbnail sketch of the work and aim of each house and also a bibliography of books helpful to social workers. In the latter connection the library at the Phillips Brooks House will be increased to include a special social service department...