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...occasion he excited the sympathy of a group of people who saw him walking along the shore overlooking to bay. He was coat-less as usual; the thermometer read ten below. Mrs. Pound, who tells the story, was embarrassed to confess to the commiserators that the "poor man" was her husband, as she was swathed warmly in mink...
...yellow couch, on the floor, looking at one another and at souvenir ashtrays and an Album of the New York World's Fair." When they were settled, Grandpa Kingsblood informed them in a trembling voice that his son Neil had something on his mind "which he will now confess...
...Japan last week, Buddhists joined with representatives of other Japanese religions at the "All-Japan Religious Peace Conference" to announce: "We condemn ourselves for our guilt and humbly confess our faults before all the peoples of the world and pledge ourselves to make a new start...
...have wondered what we all made of the visitation of Henry Wallace. We took it calmly. But I must confess that there were moments when I had a feeling that this was part of the script of a yet-to-be-produced satirical play called The Forty-Ninth State. Conceive the theme. Henry Wallace, the shrewdest and most far-visioned American political leader of his age, anticipates that the absorption of Britain by the U.S. is inevitable. So he gets out ahead of all possible rivals and corrals the votes of the 49th state. Kingsley Martin; what a Campaign Manager...
...Conways, who still confess to enchantment, put the case with good sense and good nature: Santiago, Floreana and a few of the other Galápagos are all right for hardy folk, but eager escapists and romantics had better stay away. The Conways went there in the first place (1937) because they were almost broke. Drawing their last $500 from the bank, they bought passage and groceries, eventually found themselves with 13? left. On Santiago, their fondest neighbors were a convict and an assortment of rats, wild pigs and wild goats. On Floreana the neighbors were mostly wild cattle, which...