Word: reader
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Reader Mueller comfort herself with the thought that under authentic Fascism the spoils system is neither frank nor scientific...
Taking the cue from Dr. Rice, the huge, proletarian New York Daily News forthwith launched an editorial campaign. It was criminal and foolish, said the News, to withhold from the public a full & free knowledge of venereal prophylaxis. The News soon discovered that the subject was alive with reader interest. Many of the paper's 2,900,000 purchasers wrote in to praise it for frankness and public spirit. Others denounced the paper for encouraging immorality. And a few News readers told how they had contracted tragic ailments for want of proper information...
...constant reader of TIME, I have often spoken of the accuracy with which matters are reported in this wonderful weekly. You can imagine my surprise when I saw the issue of March 2, and under the Congress, sub-topic "Green Pastures," read of my having made my maiden speech in the House, Friday Feb 21 during the debate on the Soil Erosion Bill This statement is most inaccurate. My maiden speech was made on the Floor of the House April 15, 1935, while the House was considering the Social Security measure...
...Muralist Boza, painter of The Emancipation of the American Negro, TIME makes exception to its rule of never lending, renting or selling plates.-ED. Sirs: TIME'S excellent color supplement in the March 2 issue not only stopped a back-to-cover reader midway but makes my first letter to any publication a necessity. Granted that making this U. S. art conscious, giving destitute artists a chance and enhancing public buildings is highly commendable, cannot someone with more taste and understanding supervise the process? Too much bad painting is as unfortunate as no painting at all. Good murals come...
...most compelling thing about this book is the complete absence of allegory or symbolism. There is an ambiguity present at times which is strikingly reminiscent of Virginia Woolf, but never does the reader feel that the author means anything more than his simple and sincere statements. At times the sincerity and simplicity combine to create the impression that the work was intended for children. Such passages are, however, happily rare. Mr. Harriss is consistently and admirably straight-forward, and wholly objective where others have lapsed into subjective nostalgia and weak symbolism. In this lies the principal and indubitable strength...