Word: tugged
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Proverb and Other Stories, by Marcel Aymé. In this batch of short stories, the Mephistophelian French moralist illustrates his conviction that art and life tug in different directions, and celebrates that tension with a gusty Vive la différence...
Vive la Différence. In this and other tales in this short-story collection, Marcel Ayme propels the reader down Alice's rabbit hole into a strange and satirical wonderland full of the perverse intractabilities of human nature. They illustrate his conviction that art and life tug in different directions, and celebrate that tension with a gusty "Vive la différence...
...sake of justice, taking bribes from the rich to give verdicts to the poor. He tries Grusha's case, and decides that the real mother is the woman who can pull the child from a chalk circle drawn on the ground. The governor's wife wins the tug-of-war, but Grusha is awarded the child, because she loves him enough not to harm him. The moral of the tale is that the child and the stream must go to those who use them best. Mr. Hancock's cutting of everything dealing with the collective farm is silly politically...
...cordiality was not for love of Stroessner. It came, rather, from 1) the historic tug of influence by Argentina and Brazil over the landlocked neighbor between them, arid 2) a hardheaded decision by both against helping Fidel Castro-style rebels seize power in Paraguay...
Born. To Jean Ann Kennedy Smith, 32, youngest sister of Democratic Presidential Nominee John F. Kennedy, and Stephen Edward Smith, 32, a Manhattan tug and barge executive turned fulltime Kennedy campaigner: their second son; in Boston. Name: William Kennedy...