Reading paths from childhood to Doctor Dolittle and beyond
A memoirish reflection on childhood reading. The author recalls discovering Out of the Night by Jan Valtin at a public library and contrasts it with favorite Doctor Dolittle books by Hugh Lofting. He notes his son Eddie's current selections and remembers past reads like Winnie the Pooh and Alice in Wonderland.
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Jan Valtin
Reidsville Public Library
Germany
Valtin
Eddie
Buckingham Castle
Doctor Dolittle
Doctor
Chee - Chee the
Monkey
Hugh Lofting
Maidenhead
England
United States
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
London Polytechnic
Lofting
Los Angeles
Winnie the Pooh
Miss Minerva
Kim
Moon
Earth
Spy Department Change Of Pace
A smooth short story about secret agent Curtis in Geneva who mishandles a plan to stop political exile Joseph Beck. Curtis gathers a problematic cast including a former mistress, a homosexual diplomat, and an assassin. cross purposes and loyalties unravel the mission. The tale is noted as off beat yet cleverly written.
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W.I.L
Curtis
Philip Loraine
Spy Department
W.il.l
Western Intelligence Liaison
Joseph Beck
Beck
Geneva
London Foreign Office
Scott Alexander
Franco Angeli
Agent Curtis
Midway Story A Stirring Saga and Art Scenes
Walter Lord’s Midway narrative details an incredible American victory on June 4 1942 with four Japanese carriers sunk and a turning point in World War II. The Whitney Museum show contrasts 20th century art movements with Ash Can School and modern avant garde works in a large permanent collection display.
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Midway
United States
Japan
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Guadalcanal
Tokyo Bay
New York
Whitney Museum of American Art
Whitney
Madison Avenue
West 54Th Street
Sloan
Luks
Glackens
Edward Kienholz
Kienholz
Lone Wolves
Charles Burchfield
Edward Hopper
Franz Kiline
Willem de Kooning
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
Len Lye
Sunday Puzzle Solution Page Clue List
Crossword theme words and clues with numbered entries including Fr for French, spanning monsters, animals, cities, verbs and adjectives. Entries cover 110 to 133 with various short definitions and cross references.
Truisms Restated Meaning Is Unanswered Book Review
Paul Bowles collection prompts questions on meaning as readers confront recurring vacuity. In The Garden a man loses memory after a drugging and is killed by a town. The Hyena parable fails to supply a clear moral. Critics ask what Bowles wants to say. PHIL THOMAS.
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Paul Bowles
Holt
Rinehart
Winston
Bowles
Waterways claimed in vast American lakes and rivers
A Pretoria resident learns there are about 100000 lakes and ponds across the United States with additional 3 million miles of coastline. A black dachshund, head trapped in a wooden water jug, was rescued after police freed it with a saw. The dog swam away unharmed.
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Johannesburg
South Afri- New York
Summerca
Pretoria
United States
Hammond
Atlas Company
Stan Smith
Ming Pools
End of Outdoor Music Season With Verdi Requiem
Music notes survey the close of outdoor summer programs across the United States with Brevard's Verdi Requiem final performance. Eastern Music Festival wraps at Elon and Greensboro with rising enrollments and audience turnout, while plans form to return to Guilford College next season. Herbert von Karajan debuts new Wagner Ring productions at the Metropolitan, after a storied rise through major European festivals and opera houses.
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Z. Melnikov
United States
Brevard Music Center
Janice
Elon
Greensboro
Guilford College
Metropolitan Opera
New York
Opera In
Met
Maschera
P. O
Herbert von Karajan
The
Metropolitan
von Karajan
Salzburg
Ulm
Aachen
Opera
Philharmonic Orchestra
Berlin Opera
Bayreuth
Edinburgh
Aix - En - Provence
Lucerne
Berlin Philharmonic
Saarburg
Vienna State Opera
Comedy Is Pink Not Black by Julian Mitchell
A witty novel set in New York and the English countryside follows Martin Bannister a 25 year old Englishman who encounters Grigson Henrietta an English heiress and Freddy an American avant garde producer in a portrait of affluent society.
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Julian Mitchell
McGraw- Hill
New York
Martin Bannister
Grigson
Henrietta
Freddy
The $300 Man by John Sanford review
A paternal deferral leads to a trap of guilt and manipulation. Dave Keogh unravels the fate of a drafted man at a veterans hospital, confronting a amoral schemer and a tense household. The novel is praised for its vivid though self conscious prose and sharp dialogue.
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John Sanford
Prentice - Hall
Dave Keogh
Keogh
Dave
Veterans’ Hospital
John Cross
Cross
Beryl
Sanford
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Vaquero
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Nevada
Tuscany
Dresden’s
Alaska
New Zealand
New “Mexico
Adamant
Texas Shrine
Gus
Foundation
Jughead
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