Word: wars
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Ellen never comes to his call, and the rest of the castle staff, all of whom are English except Paddy, the silent peacock-keeper, are mostly too preoccupied to comfort the dying man. For World War II has started and these English men & women are nervous exiles in a neutral but silently hostile land, half relieved, half ashamed when they think of what they are escaping...
...WAR IN HEAVEN (290 pp.)-Charles Williams-Pellegrini & Cudahy...
...War in Heaven, the fourth of these to be published in the U.S., ranks with his best. It has the excitement of a good spy thriller, but as in all Charles Williams' stories the figures in the chases and counter-chases are the fleshed souls of men & women, some striving to be saved, some bent on being damned. Not all readers will relish Williams' metaphysics, or find his book easy to follow. But most will know they have been in the company of a writer to remember...
...Business School does not accept women, but runs a Management Training Program for them at Radcliffe. The Divinity School allows women to study the history and philosophy of religion there. Under joint instruction, Radcliffe girls have taken College classes since the war...
...Yanks got their runs early, scoring in five of the first six innings with a display of powerful hitting that was reminiscent of the pre-war Bombers. They collected 11 hits, including Joe DiMaggio's solid home run, Bobby Brown's triple, and three doubles off six Flock pitchers. Rex Barney started and lost for the Dodgers...