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...Nobel Prize speech, Novelist William Faulkner made much of the "agony and sweat" that went into his writing. He might, with equal pertinence, have dwelt on the agony and sweat that he requires of his readers. To his admirers, a new Faulkner novel is the event of the year. To the plain reader it is a tortuous chore which pays off only in random flashes of greatness, some of it so illuminating as to make the ill-lighted drudgery seem worthwhile. This week, after nine years of "anguish and travail," Faulkner unveils A Fable. It is a major effort...
...week, an hour's drive from the site of the massacre of '62, homesteaders of 1954 crowded into Rupert. Idaho, for a land drawing. At stake: 100-acre homesteads in the valley of the Snake, worth upwards of $10,000 each-when soaked with irrigation water and sweat...
...more than 100 years, Britons of Her Majesty's Colonial Service have sallied forth to. serve, rule and sweat in countless jungles, swamplands and deserts for the glory of the British Empire. But times have changed; colonies have become dominions, and colonial has become a dirty word. Last week the Colonial Office announced that as of Oct. 1 the Colonial Service will be called "Her Majesty's Oversea Civil Service." and promised to see to it that colonial officers keep their jobs, or get transfers to others in the Commonwealth "should the territory in whose public service they...
...Those Louts . . ." For two hours the Liberals mapped their counterattack, then sent a flying wedge to break through the siege lines. The Liberals got Tsutsumi out of the caucus room, started hustling him toward the chair. Battered formations of Socialists, with sweat and melted pomade shining on their foreheads, barred their way. "Forward!" shouted the Liberals. "Stop them!" yelled the Socialists. "Help, help!" screamed the lady Socialists...
...they paid the money to somebody for the name Liberty. TIME [May 17] now announces that [TIME, Inc.] will publish a weekly covering sports, and that it has not yet been titled. For anything from $25,000 down-but anything-may I suggest that this new publication be named SWEAT...