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...TIME'S readers agree with Reader McArdle that Franklin Roosevelt is a good sample of a liberal...
...Reader Texel knows more about the Constitution than about Lewis' life. John Lewis was born Feb. 12, 1880 in Lucas, Iowa, son of a Welsh immigrant (TIME...
There is no primer of modern poetry. Readers who are intimidated by its obscurity soon find that most prose explanations tend to become almost as obscure as the poems, and generally duller. And they usually conclude, sometimes with a feeling that they may be missing something, but more often with a conviction that they are not, that contemporary poetry is a doubtful contribution to the world they know. John Crowe Ransom's The World's Body is not a primer of poetry, but it contains one of the clearest explanations of the obscurity of contemporary verse which...
Fights in the House of Commons have been almost unprecedented in the 20th Century. Reader Davis is thinking of earlier days, when fights were so frequent that, to keep angry partisans out of each other's reach, two red lines were drawn down the centre of the House of Commons, two swords' lengths (about 6 ft.) apart. When the present building was erected (1840-50), the lines were replaced by strips of red carpet. To this day no member may step off the carpet while addressing the House...
...pamphlet concluded with a coupon that gave postal authorities their only clue to the identity of the culprits. In the form of an application for membership, the coupon instructed the reader to write to P. O. Box 28, Station D, New York City. The New York Post Office will find the names in which this box is held and take legal action to secure the postage due, Postmaster Crayton asserted...