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Theodore Dreiser wrote like a man with a toothache, and his work has all the painful sincerity of a groan. Few American writers of the first rank are in such a condition of neglect by literary fashion, and no other American writer of the first rank is known to have joined the Communist Party. These facts are related, though not directly...
...does the U.S. strengthen its Western alliances by having the tallest basketball players or the quickest middle distance runners. "A creditable showing" consists of more than victories, and a supreme effort to win at any cost may often lead to neglect of standards of sportsmanship which more certainly than gold medals win respect from other nations...
...reelection, he was defeated by 40,000 votes. At least part of his defeat was attributed to the fact that he had stopped attending the marriages, wakes, christenings and other ceremonial gatherings in the immigrant neighborhoods of Cleveland and other large cities. Lausche vowed never again to neglect that social duty. He never has. Nor has he ever lost another election...
Generation of Ciphers. Roaming with Skeffington from waterfront to wake ("Never neglect the relatives, friends or enemies of the deceased"), Adam sees the old campaigner turn on the charm and put on the pressure. Disloyal allies are axed, appointees are squeezed for campaign contributions, the opposition newspaper is promised "a little trouble with the building inspectors shortly...
...asserted that this was caused by a spirit of "anti-intellectualism" and by the fact that "high schools neglect to place proper emphasis on science's humanistic side...