Word: warde
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...ever given a foreigner. On the strength of the interview, which was published in several European countries, Licko later visited London, where he boasted of his supposed intimacy with Solzhenitsyn; he also signed an affidavit saying that the author had entrusted him with a manuscript of Cancer Ward and had asked him to place it for publication in England. In addition, Licko tried to persuade Western newsmen to print an assortment of fantastic stories and patent lies that made Solzhenitsyn out to be a traitor to his country...
When fragmentary reports reached Solzhenitsyn in Russia of his purported "authorization" of Cancer Ward, he sent letters to two European newspapers denying that he had authorized any Western firm to publish it. Told by friends that Licko had claimed to represent him in the sale of the novel, the author stated categorically that he had never even given the man a manuscript, let alone instructions about its publication...
...morally responsible, ever to be able to understand an Evy except from the outside. Laughter is a form of incessant motion in Simon's work. It is a self-protective device by which his characters dodge the bullets of real pain. Simon uses a joke both to ward off hurt and to assuage it. In a play like The Gingerbread Lady, this use of laughter vitiates any deep emotion the moment after it is aroused...
...concept of an angel," wrote one recent student of the creatures, Theodora Ward, in Men and Angels, "is peculiar to the monotheistic religions, in which the immensity of the power concentrated in one universal god must somehow be channeled to reach the needs of man, as a great river may be diverted into a system of ducts to irrigate fields." But how to embody this concept? The first angels in Christian art look like ordinary men, whether painted on catacomb walls or preserved in mosaic on the 5th century walls of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome. What the artist stresses...
Practical Gifts. Even more ominous than total sales are the signs that a new parsimony in gift giving has infected the public. "The average sale is going to be down this year," says Robert Daly, Chicago district manager of Montgomery Ward. "Christmas business is spotty," adds Ralph Lazarus, chairman of Federated Department Stores. "Shoppers are buying pure necessities but not luxury items." complains Richard Lusk, head of the Denver Retail Merchants Association...