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...keep continually turning up in her books as they do [sic] in those rather Mr. Dick-like compositions of Mr. Sherwood Anderson for instance." Unlike Sinclair Lewis, she does not bite her country's hand; unlike Edith Wharton (whose example influenced her early work) she casts no nostalgic backward glances toward Europe; unlike Ernest Hemingway, she carries no gnawing fox in her devoted bosom. Her simple, colloquial language obeys the canon of good prose (she rereads Pilgrim's Progress annually), and in that is unremarkable. But she has an individual quality, positive attributes which hide their light under...
...Tarpley were motoring with their two daughters, Marjorie, 3 mo., and Catherine, 2. At the top of a precipitous hill the motor coughed; Mr. & Mrs. Tarpley got out to fix it. As they walked to the front of the auto, its emergency brake slipped; it started backward toward the edge of a 200-ft. canyon. Mr. & Mrs. Tarpley held on hard, were dragged to the canyon, were forced to let go, saw the car careen and spin downward, killing Marjorie Tarpley, only bruising Catherine...
Fearing you of the East may still think this territory possibly "BACKWARD" a la Grundy, believe it TiMEly to report seeing Sweet Girl Graduate on the street in Moorhead, our twin town (see map), wearing bright crimson beach pajamas and her MORTARBOARD...
...Abilene, Tex. Pennie L. Wingo, wearing special periscope goggles, started north for New York City, walking backward. AROUND THE WORLD BACKWARD read a sign on Pennie L. Wingo's back...
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