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...critic propagandist, really--calling for the revival of the classical literary norms and the scuttling of romanticism: only later did he embark on a career of agitation for a social and political order which, in the harmony of its parts, restraint of form and moral decorousness, would nicely complement the reborn ancien regime litteraire...
...augment last year's third-place club, Cincinnati will have the cream of San Diego's Pacific Coast champs, including third-sacker Tommy Harper (.333). What the Reds continue to lack is an outfielder to complement Frank Robinson and Vada Pinson, but they should be strong enough to sink the discombobulated Los Angeles Dodgers to fourth...
...therefore in influence and initiative, of the U.S., is not in question. Nor is its integrity . . . [But] have the Americans paused to reflect that an alliance in which all the advanced and sophisticated technologies were left to one of the partners, and the rest were relegated to supply a complement of conventional arms in war, and in commerce a modest contribution of Scotch whisky and compact cars . . . would not ul timately succeed in retaining the loyalty of European electors...
...find the Brattle Theatre reverting to its old policy of reviving interesting movies to erase the blight of Cambridge entertainment. The Humphrey Bogart festival, so missed last January, is back (though in truncated form) and a series of good Guinness reruns provide an admirable complement to Big Sleep and Maltese Falcon...
...conceded, however, that "no one is really happy about the results of $200 million spent in a country with a 3.5 million population." He urged that more be spent on a village level to help the poorer classes and to complement large-scale projects...