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...name; others took Mr. Wethered's opponent for an American because he belted his trousers over his sweater. A big crowd came down from London and stood around the first tee to watch Mr. Wethered and Perkins drive off in the rain that is the traditional background for sporting events in Great Britain...
...this "suppression" had not been a hoax to increase circulation, if there had really been a suppressed story to serve as its background, the results would undoubtedly have been similar but vastly greater in degree. The curiosity for readers would have had something substantial to feed upon and suppression would have defeated its own purposes, as I believe it usually does...
...editorial staff. As a foreigner, in order to get a closer glimpse of American spirit I have read almost every kind of journalism actually published, and in my opinion, TIME gets the highest praise. The gallant stubbornness of its statements as well as the solid documentation in the background are amazing, and in addition you can always sense a subtle circumspection...
...graphic power. There is no diminution of strength later, but the mass of fact and conflicting forces which makes up modern history does not lend itself to sketchy treatment. To dismiss the Renaissance and the Reformation in sixty pages is not easy, but with his evolutionary theme supplying the background the author handles the task without smacking too much of the encyclopedia. For study, the book is not adequate; for entertainment and instructive reading, it is as good of its kind as has come...
...strange fires that burned upon them. Artist Mattison had included in his composition a man chasing the three false fiery girls. He was clutching at them but his hands were empty, the nymphs were laughing and the man was about to sink down in the bog. The background of the picture was mostly the entrance to a large sewer in which it was possible to distinguish rats jumping around...