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...years after his death, Hawthorne was principally famous as the author of children's stories. Generations of schoolchildren read The Great Stone Face without appreciating the political allegory (and the attack on Whig Daniel Webster) that it contained...
Columbia, meanwhile, has introduced the long playing advantage, which is extremely desirable for classical records. Victor tried to make up for this with a "rapid" changer. Although the drop mechanism of this new changer is extremely fast, the actual break is two seconds longer than on the Webster changers. No matter how much Victor may be able to reduce this break, the advantage of no break at all is always greater...
...National is not the biggest bank in the capital (resources: $29 million), but it is the oldest (est. 1809). Henry Clay and Daniel Webster were once depositors. In the War of 1812, the cashier cagily sneaked the bank's funds out of town the day the British captured the city. Later the bank lent the empty U.S. Treasury $50,000 to help rebuild the White House, which had been burned by the redcoats...
...Fish, Flesh, and Foul" is a sketchy treatment of a towering theme (the natural animal cruelty of the human species toward its young). Richard Webster's discussion of a Catholic scholar's views on the supernatural seems unnecessarily esoteric, especially the final note of doom that bids us all study the Churchman carefully against the day when goblins will once more roam the earth...
...Webster's article does give the April Advocate an interestingly medieval touch and is in agreeable contrast to the simplicity of Fodor's story and the topicality of the "arguments" over the Clubs. It is just this contrast and variety that the Advocate is evidently trying to foster. The editors should endeavor in the future to add depth of thought and clarity as well...