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...marines have come to expect almost anything in the way of self-destruction from Japanese soldiers. They have read the story, in Japanese newspapers, of the "dauntless courage of Captain Yamazaki"-in the seventh paragraph it is revealed that Captain Yamazaki's courage consisted in destroying himself. But none were prepared for this epic self-slaughter among civilians. More than one U.S. fighting man was killed trying to rescue a Jap from his wanton suicide...
Christmas Package. The typical Lisle Bell review is a 200-or 300-word synthesis, usually of a light novel, with its plot outlined, setting and characters identified in one sentence, the author's distinctive quality set down accurately in unhackneyed terms in another, and the paragraph wound up as neatly as a Christmas package, with an amiable ironic phrase. His reviews are seldom malicious, very rarely given to unqualified praise. But only experts, looking back over Bell's collected works, can appreciate how outspoken he has been about many forgotten figures among literature's briefly great. Occasionally...
...enjoy a paragraph which your story on the Lacandons of Chiapas (TIME, May 22) brought to mind. As you remark, the Lacandons are "an ancient, charming and all but extinct people." They are also one of the few non-Christian people among Mexico's many Indian tribes who have some knowledge of TIME...
...Russians listened politely at first, as the translation was read them, a paragraph at a time, gradually smiled, more & more broadly, finally applauded heartily...
...last paragraph, concerned with minimum requirements for election to the Undergraduate Chapter, had no foundation in fact. Election to Phi Beta Kappa is governed by a candidate's total record rather than course grades alone. There are no specific minimum requirements, and the only limitation is concerned with the maximum percentage eligible for membership in any graduating group...