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One day around the year 1851, a Cincinnati wharf hand painted black crosses on boxes of Procter & Gamble candles so that illiterate workers could distinguish them. In time the cross became a star. Then a dozen more stars were added to signify the original 13 colonies, as well as a...
"Short story" is the most elastic category in modern literature. "Story" may mean a series of events, a monologue, even a simple description with no characters at all. As for "short," it may signify a narrative of 10,000 words or a terse moral fable. In Short Shorts, Editor Irving...
"With all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt," says Leviticus 2:13. Because of its use as a preservative, salt became a token of permanence to the Jews of the Old Testament. Its use in Hebrew sacrifices as a meat purifier came to signify the eternal covenant between God and...
As dramatic as the Eurocommunists' latest statements may be, they do not signify a clean break with traditional Communist ideology. "When we talk about a new phase in the struggle for socialism, we in no way renounce the defense of the working class or the struggle against imperialism," Berlinguer...
The graceless Soviet nudging provided a stark example of the workings of "Finlandization," the pejorative term for Finland's deferential relationship with the colossus next door. Kekkonen, who energetically supported the policy, called it "active neutrality." But to many Westerners, it has come to signify abject neutrality-or what...