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...nothing is the Anglo-Saxon "snow" derived from Sanskrit sneha, 'moisture,' or the Gaelic sneachd. Of late, unwonted newtish wetness pervades the simmering gutters, and as if for efts lies puddling on the pavements. The icicles, sad eyelids of the white-haired residences, weep down the ivy cheeks and in despair cascade in shattering barrages on the innocents below. Minutious capillary streets transmit a filthy umbrous melt to unreceptive veins, unopened sewers, and all along the byways mounds of pablumgrey constrict the traveler from...
...Macmillan was hooted down by undergraduates shouting "Give us more cliches." In the lobbies of Westminster and the coffeehouses of Soho, a major national pastime is "rubbing the magic off Mac." No longer is he the urbane figure who rescued the Tory Party from the Suez disaster, repaired the Anglo-American breach, led the Tories to a smashing election victory in 1959 with the slogan: "You never had it so good." To many Tories, Macmillan's familiar Edwardian image has become a liability...
...ladies have not yet learned the Anglo-Indian's snobbery, and they accept Dr. Aziz's impulsive invitation to visit some local caves. Here the effort of compression undoes the adapter. In the novel, the reader is made to understand that each woman is already under a severe strain. Old Mrs. Moore's is the approach of death and the retreat of God; Miss Quested's is an incomprehension of love. When the heat, the smells, and the frightening echoes turn Mrs. Moore abruptly into a benumbed old sibyl and induce Miss Quested to believe that...
...Nigeria, Prime Minister Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, wincing at accusations that he is a British stooge, canceled an Anglo-Nigerian defense pact that many fiery patriots considered an infringement of the nation's new sovereignty. The treaty, which Nigeria had to accept when it won independence in October 1960, gave the Royal Air Force base facilities and freedom to fly over Nigerian territory at any time. It was a vexing contract that Sir Abubakar's friends as well as enemies have sharply criticized; henceforth, Britain must apply in advance for specific military privileges, each time negotiate with...
What is wrong with this scene is the response of the actors who play the English. Forster wrote in anger about the Anglo-Indians, but he was not so imperceptive as the play and the production are here. What the actors should be talking about when they try to persuade Fielding to side with them is a way of life; they must show that they are unable to believe that the grand work of civilizing India which they have undertaken is largely humbug. Instead of their vision, we see only a rather dowdy collection of distasteful bigots...