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...Harry Byrd is rather fond of young Jack Kennedy. "He's a very attractive person," says the Senator from Virginia. "He's got ability, no doubt about that." The President of the U.S. returns the compliment-in a way. "You know," he has said, "Harry Byrd is the most gracious person you'd want to meet. But does he give us fits...
...part of his life, whether he has failed to be the model English historian. Watson's short-coming, as his professional eye sees it, is that he has always been interested in a healthy number of non-historical subjects. "I like talking, I like teaching, but I'm not fond of writing," he admits. "I like doing things; I even like a bit of power...
...defeats were not British, but English defeats. As General de Gaulle is fond of pointing out, one of his Scottish ancestors fought on the side of Jeanne d'Arc. On the other hand, it was the English, not the British, who started exploration and settlement in North America. Shakespeare is an English author; Burns a Scottish or Scots or Scotch author; Yeats an Irish author. The only British author I can think of at the moment is James Hilton of Goodbye, Mr. Chips. D. W. BROGAN Cambridge, England
...Reivers, by William Faulkner. Like an old man yarning on the back stoop, a Nobel prizewinner indulges himself and the reader in a fond and very funny story...
...Reivers, by William Faulkner. Like an old man yarning on the back stoop, a Nobel prizewinner indulges himself and the reader in a fond and very funny story...