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...same vein, the septuagenarian publisher described his experiences with such authors as Thomas Mann and Willa Cather. He told of a college professor who wrote about a Montana river that was "like a navel cord" and "waterways that really brought forth men and women." He talked about Kahill Gibran, who wrote The Prophet, Knopf's best-selling book, which only began to drop in sales when Knopf started advertising...
...similar vein, Mary E. Procter '64 proposed that students be exposed to progressive stages of thought about a certain historical period. She suggested that "prohibiting the professor from using his own specialized vocabulary" would attract students who use Gen Ed for purposes of exploration
...BELLS OF SHOREDITCH, by James Kennaway. An acid satire of a weak-kneed young Socialist who is down to his last slogans until his wife goads him into trying to copy the big boss, revealing within him a rich vein of pure capitalist...
Simckes creates some fine comic scenes, the funnist of them in a scatalogical vein. Who can forget-Mrs. Charpolsky stuffing the toilet to block off the cold draught and hanging desperately over the bowl in her effort to remain untouched by the seat? Or Ma Shemansky's shame and indignation when she hears Fievet declare, not the expected I have to make pippy or trickle or ich darj ghen pishen, but the treasonable, "I want to urinate...
Across the street in Charity Hospital, other surgeons made an incision in Davis' right flank. They implanted the chimp's ureters in Davis' bladder, and made artery and vein connections. Within ten minutes after the hookup, Adam's kidneys began to purify Davis' blood and produce urine...