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...plot and in several places has carelessly forewarned the reader of what will happen twenty pages ahead. His interest in the background is so great that the principal characters become almost incidental--a hardly fitting situation for light fiction however suitable it may be for something with the scope of "Les Miserables." The story is perfectly adequate for a two part novelette, but has been spread out too far to make a full sized book...

Author: By S. C. S., | Title: CRIMSON BOOKSHELF | 4/8/1936 | See Source »

...asserted, demanded $5,000,000 for his share. . . . Rickett, it is claimed here, then made a provisional deal under which he is to get 20,000,000 lire ($1,600,000), partly in stock, if he delivers to Italy this $50,000,000 concession with its virtually unlimited scope of oil, minerals and other exploitation rights for 75 years. . . . The message Rickett claimed to have sent II Duce read...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Again, Rickett | 4/6/1936 | See Source »

...Concerto in E minor for Violin in which Nathan Milstein, the young Russian virtuose is to be the soloist. The concert closes with Sibelius's First Symphony Like Beethoven, the great Finnish composer is orienting himself in this work and does not attain quite the characteristic breadth and scope which are so typical of his later symphonies, notably the Fifth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Music Box | 3/19/1936 | See Source »

...have scope on your page. Some-one has to support Roosevelt, Curley, and my especial follower and cohort Al Capone. Let me write a column. Let me give your readers the Devil's case...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hell-Bent for Truth, Satan Will Crusade in Ed Columns | 3/4/1936 | See Source »

...suggestion of the Crimson concerning the development of individual talent requires no reorganization of the course. Under the present system, any student who displays talent and expresses an interest in writing is given free scope to enlarge whatever literary inclinations he may possess. In any case, judgement as to the student's ability must lie at the discretion of the instructor. Any suggestions which place arbitrary restrictions upon this discretion are superfluous...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MAIL | 3/3/1936 | See Source »

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