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...When one probes to the bottom of things it is evident that the present crisis reduces itself to the opposition of two systems, one based on the principle of liberty, of which America proclaims herself the champion; the other guided by an authoritarian doctrine, of which Germany is the protagonist. Today the latter wins the day in Europe, since the armies of the Reich occupy the greater part of the continent...
...protagonist was no more than a Bronxy sounding voice in the flies, and Babe, the Blue Ox, was nowhere to be found...
...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 of the situation has the emotional conviction...
...Raymond Walsh, protagonist in the Walsh-Sweezy case of recent Harvard times, has earned a place in Hobart annals too. He resigned Tuesday from his position on the faculty at the Geneva, N. Y. college, following a disagreement with the president...
...until last week, in a very strong position. He was popular with the peasants, who form 82% of Bulgaria's population. He was popular with King Boris, who last year dismissed a Premier, George Kiosseivanoff, at Bagrianoff's request. And he was popular with Hitler, whose outstanding protagonist in Bulgaria he was. Last week, most probably at Hitler's request, Minister Bagrianoff presented a demand to King Boris that German troops be given the freedom of Bulgaria. The King refused and Bagrianoff resigned. Next day Boris decorated him with the Cross of St. Alexander, which is usually...