Word: wonders
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...wonder that when the Queen of Sheba came to visit Solomon and saw with her own eyes his great splendor and wealth and harem, she could not but break in spirit and confess that indeed, "That half was not told...
...produce daily one lull editorial column feature (mostly verse) called "Tennessee-Uns" and to handle sports. He wrote nearly a full column of sports verse and views daily. The only way he could write was with both legs spraddled across the typewriter, lolling back in an armchair. And no wonder, considering his daily output...
...Chamber (TIME, April 17, 1933), this picture deals with the technique of counter-espionage at Intelligence Service headquarters in Washington during the War. Though the intrigue is sometimes unintelligibly involved, the story is swiftly paced, manages by a parade of ingenious tricks to provide sustained entertainment. It also arouses wonder that, with German spies as thick as fleas and clever as foxes, the War Department managed to keep any secrets whatever...
...wonder where I'm gonna...
From a purely external point of view we wonder how much the background of this novel, which is Cambridge and Boston and especially the region of Harvard Square, will mean to the outside. The story is full of touches and names, many of them literal (King Coffin has the residents of the Plympton Street apartment all agog. Aiken lived there until last year), which accentuate the horror of the story by their very familiarity...