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...Fantod Press...
...Gorey eventually settled down to write and draw. Unsuccessful attempts to find a publisher led the artist to print under his own name: Fantod Press. (The Random House Dictionary defines a fantod as a state of extreme nervous or restlessness. In several of Gorey's works, fantods appear as small, winged creatures stuffed in bell jars...
...Gorey first established a relationship with Brown and Gotham Book Mart in 1968; he came by the bookstore, as a customer, and attempted to sell some of his books printed under Fantod Press...
...Matthiessen, an icon to those of us concentrating in American history and lit, spoke on behalf of Henry A. Wallace, the accommodationist third-party candidate at the Progressive Party Convention in 1948. Wallace had attracted many supporters at Harvard. In early 1950, widely attacked in the press, Matthiessen jumped to his death from a hotel window...
...Russians maintain their opposition to making changes, Washington's only option for going ahead will be to opt out of the treaty. Although candidate George W. Bush favors this approach - or at least threatening it, to press the Russians to accept new terms - the present administration fears it could provoke a new arms race. In addition, the treaty requires that Washington inform Moscow six months ahead of time before opting out of the treaty, which makes it a policy decision that would have to be taken smack in the middle of a U.S. presidential election season...