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Reaction is the law of life, and Norman Mailer's "The Greatest Thing in the World," the lead story in the latest issue of the Advocate, strikes a crumbling blow at the magazine's much-discussed and usually exaggerated "ivory tower." Mr. Roosevelt's characterization "underprivileged" is a euphemism when applied to A1 Groot, the protagonist of the tale. Driven by the cruel necessity of keeping his wizened little body alive, this "small, old, wrinkled boy of eighteen or nineteen" pits his wits against a gang of "sucker players" bent on taking his last grimy dollar. The reality...

Author: By C. L. B., | Title: ON THE SHELF | 4/21/1941 | See Source »

...mailer how many letterman graduate, how few outstanding players there were on a Freshman team, or how many booters go on probation, Varsity Coach Jack Carr always seems to have one of New England's finest soccer teams, Even when they are outclassed in skill, the players have an extra fight that often pulls them through to victory...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lining Them Up | 10/8/1936 | See Source »

...from their reports and to use "every day" language instead (TIME, Oct. 31), last week issued a statement to his subordinates urging them to see that letters stamped for special delivery should really be specially delivered. He pointed out that the Special Delivery stamp is a contract between the mailer and the U. S. He invited public criticism of the special delivery service in future. Quite as notable as the frankness of the statement, which implicitly admitted a shortcoming of the Department, was the statement's language. First Assistant Postmaster General Bartlett practiced what he had preached about "every...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: Fashions in Statements | 11/14/1927 | See Source »

...Cateau, France, Henri Mailer, the Mayor, posted a bulletin on the façade of the Hôtel de Ville...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Oct. 29, 1923 | 10/29/1923 | See Source »

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