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Speaking of Philadelphia's presentation, the article states merely: "Philadelphia was touted by Judge L. Stauffer Oliver." The word "tout" has definitely a cheap and unpleasant significance. If I correctly understand the common meaning of that word, there was no touting by any member of the Philadelphia delegation. . . .
Sundays, the old city appeared at its most venerable. "None but churchgoers seemed abroad . . . undergraduates and graduates and wives and tradespeople, walking with that unmistakable English church-going pace . . . holding, bound in black lambskin and white celluloid, the liturgies of half a dozen conflicting sects; on their way to St...
They had not learned the fact, intimately known to the British-and to the Russians-that the victors are supposed to stick around and clean up the peace. The people at home had not learned it either: they were in as much of a hurry as the G.I.s to get...
The central idea is that Joan Crawford, in the title role, will do absolutely anything for her daughter, who is a most unpleasant female. This, of course, leads Miss Crawford into all sorts of difficulties, but she never realizes to the bitter end that it all would be much neater...
The fever chart of Big Power relations looked better last week. In Germany especially, distrust subsided. The conquerors were learning more about one another. They seldom liked what they learned, but unpleasant knowledge was less harmful than febrile suspicion.