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...Faulkner, whose great book "Absalom, Absalom" provides him with an entree into the library of any literateur; Ernest Hemingway, whose recently published "To Have and Have Not" is arousing so much critical comment; Morley Callaghan; William Saroyan, one of the most outstanding of contemporary short story writers, Lovell Thompson, Benedict Thielen, and many others...

Author: By J. G. B. jr., | Title: The Crimson Bookshelf | 10/28/1937 | See Source »

...Broun, who calls me the Benedict Arnold of American Labor," is, in the opinion of Mr. Green, "a stooge for the avowed Communists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Guild Referendum | 8/2/1937 | See Source »

...disagree with the knaves or fools who have smudged history's pages, and as he takes his belligerent way through their ranks they are constantly knocking the chip off his shoulder. This attitude has led Author Roberts into some historic underdog fights, notably in the case of Benedict Arnold (Rabble in Arms). Readers generally will cock a sympathetic ear when he asks angrily: "Out of what history can you get an understanding of [how things really were]? Not out of one damned history. Or out of ten. And if that isn't a show-up of our historians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Downright Down-Easter | 7/5/1937 | See Source »

Harvard-Yenching Institute Fellowships totalling $5,600, for Chinese studies, to Paul K. Benedict 3G, of Poughkeepsic, N. Y.; Francis W. Cleaves 4G, of Needham Beights, Mass.; John A. Pope 3G, of Detroit, Mich.; and Edwin O. Reischauer 6G, of Iogimachi, Tokyo-fu, Japan...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Awards Totaling $18,000 Are Made to Thirteen Students | 6/9/1937 | See Source »

...William A. Cordingly, Jr., William A. Daughaday, James T. Devine, John M. Eaton, Jr., Thomas V. Healey, Robert Homans, Paul E. Illman, Jr., John F. Kennedy, Chester A. Legg, Jr., Charles D. Lutz, Jr., Douglas Mercer, Robert F. Perkins, Jr., James A. Rousmaniere, B. Sheffield West, and C. Benedict Wood...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: USHERS SELECTED FOR TOMORROW'S 40 JUBILEE | 5/27/1937 | See Source »

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