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...That was before Clement Attlee made a criticism of the U.S. Constitution which, for all its academic substantiation, was about as politic as Adlai Stevenson suggesting the Coronation is a pompous farce. And it was before Senator McCarthy disgusted everyone by applying to Attlee the same kind of smearing brush he has used on American nationals. But Churchill's original plan is too important to let these unfortunate reactions cancel its consideration...
...American Legion started its '52-'53 crusade with the usual parades, water pistols, and suggestions about "Americanizing" colleges. At the National Convention in August, the Legion's Un-American Activities Committee urged members to brush up on the reports of Congressional investigators and the Legion's own Firing Line--a self-styled guide to subversives. Armed with this information, the veterans found further encouragement in "Now Hear This!," an article appearing in the American Legion Magazine. It was a plea that Legionaires warn their fellows against red tinted lecturers, and if necessary, "picket the meeting. Your fellow citizens . . . might voice...
...Yardlings, announced by bugles, made their stand at 10 p.m. A group of about 100 gathered in front of Matthews, where brush and branches had been set in preparation for a fire. The crowd began to increase, and other Yardlings tossed firecrackers from their third and fourth floor windows...
Serious art was the farthest thing from Emanuel's mind when he took up the brush in 1943. At first, he toyed with the idea of merely smearing abstract designs on the canvas. "I said to myself, 'the police don't understand anything about art, and it won't matter if I just paint stripes or circles.' " But he found himself copying a crystal candlestick and a blue porcelain vase which he saw in his studio. "Much to my surprise," he says, "something decent actually turned up." Emanuel grew a husky white beard to complete...
...Rene's escapades form the main plot. They take her on a quick whirl through reform school, a marathon party with some furloughing G.I.s, a brush with genteel do-gooders, and a near marriage with a U.S. soldier named Hotspot (Hotty for short), which is interrupted by the rude appearance of the cops. But The Joyful Condemned is the sort of novel that lavishly scatters half a dozen subplots and a small army of minor characters. Novelist Tennant tosses in a raucous riot scene in the girls' reformatory, a wild chapter in which two young racketeers...