Word: wonder
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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THIS crude grey parapet is no proper wall at all. It is an unsymmetrical thing, uncouth and raw, like a wound made by a jagged instrument. In many places it already is crumbling, but the Communists keep building it up, making it even higher. At first you wonder why it is so revolting to behold. Then you realize that the Wall was meant to be an insult to human dignity. As such it is a masterpiece; its execution is perfect because it is being wrought by artisans who consciously hate...
...been said better before, and so often that I wonder how Kazan could dare to pass this mild little ladyfinger off as a cherry bomb. Currently, the Astor will admit no children under sixteen unless they are accompanied by an adult. If Splendor is going to unravel the mysteries of sex for anyone at all, it will have to reach a younger audience. Perhaps the prevailing admissions policy at the Astor should be reversed, forbidding adults to enter unless accompanied by a child under sixteen...
...twenty-pound bombs and take out after him as soon as Bunny (Aten) finishes his tea." Those were the days when military airplanes rarely went faster than 200 miles an hour, and the involved dogfights possible at such low speeds are continually described in a tone that makes one wonder if Aten and his boys will ever fail to send the "Bolshie" villains crashing earthward in a cloud of evil-smelling smoke...
...around us, particularly among our elders, unfilled and frustrated human potentialties, personalities ground flat, material want, and ruined lives. . . . Small wonder that the first post-war generation could be called silent. In view of this history, 'mute' would have been better. We demand your patience; we learning how to talk." from an editorial in New University Thought...
...washday wonder of Britain is a youthful appliance maker who has convinced British housewives that his product is a knight in shining armor, ready to rescue them from drudgery-on the installment plan. "All women in England want carefree kitchens as near to the Americans' as possible," says John Bloom, 29-and he has got rich quick by giving them what they want. In just three years Bloom has captured 12% of Britain's washing-machine market by borrowing U.S. mass production methods, of showing a fine disregard for conservative British business habits and a finer knack...