Word: touche
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Your caption writer inaptly labeled your front page "Britons never shall be robots;" he's evidently out of touch with Britain. This country is being tied hand & foot by a mass of incoherent legislation, miles of red tape, and a never-ending stream of forms. You list Labor's so-called achievements-take a look at the other side of the picture. For the first time in our history we have bread rationing; conditions are worse than in wartime; you can't buy a new pane of glass or paint for your porch without filling...
...architectural purists St. Pat's was a somewhat lumpy mixture of the Cologne and Rouen cathedrals, with a touch of Westminster Abbey inside. They pointed out that some of its supports and buttresses, borrowed from European cathedrals, where they were essential parts of the structure, were pasted on to St. Pat's merely for looks. Repairs had exposed brick underpinnings; proved its marble beauty skin-deep...
...Pilgrims, painted by Polish miniaturist Arthur Szyk for a forthcoming edition of the Canterbury Tales (Heritage Press; $5), seemed a little tired and dusty in illustration, and strangely short in the legs (see cut). But Szyk's faintly medieval touch had caught some of the richness, if not much of the reality, of Chaucer's characters...
...borne out by ample evidence that the American listening public is ready for outstanding serious music, as well as for 'the hymns that touch the heart'-and I am not talking about Good Night, Sweet Jesus. But the purpose of all these choirs. . . is deeper than merely to provide entertainment or an emotional experience. The real purpose is to prepare the listener and. . . to soften him up for the talks featured on The Catholic Hour and The Hour of Faith...
...support, Jim Farley gave a curt no. New York City's Mayor William O'Dwyer said yes. So did Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt to an invitation to be the convention keynoter. If the LaGuardia boom held up, the convention at Albany on Sept. 3 would probably touch off some fancy fireworks...