9 APRIL 1954

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SELLING CHURCHES

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!4i. CIIZ$ $~-W tb *eh t h ai1 en Pct44,Sttot a i~~ to ~ * ~cp~ut ~40r J ~ ~ ~ ~ it~n 4 :d77.A~u 4b~~~~~~tr~ 1~~avt ~~%ggtin~a(~konpla 4~OL $E ~4)~~ 4bs, bep~ ~~ bur~~b o...

Letter

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A?dIOME? Z54 i>; , ore Se 1f srd~9;op z 1*~ ~~4ts* ~f1 ~ri th th b ia:d> ofcVO s QW5 ice lin .attr :of p^~c safty.i Tb9oy moreo iod no less that thir publa this ccAtion and...

[SIR,-On Saturday, March 27th, the Pedest-...]

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ROidb ACC0EN'7t m ii SUrlay, Maia 2th, the :Pdest- 1;:r Raa4 ety: held: a0 R'oad dSgety Fn ,the; Law" V,:'E . ~l ; lddy, tC., ¢+t;: for Ept and'i West; ahirmai, ot the:....

ABRACADABRA

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'." 7I: . X~ AIRACADAB ' ' SR-Thre, s no ne-ed fort Mr. Arthu Ra 'IomD to 00~ on won eringwhere Scottlqun t~~urnto th 1Ai nntIII ht(i -of- drama bur~sqcs,~hrnono~duholog* 'C...

[SIR,-As a motorist I appreciate Gordon...]

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Sia:;--AA a n1i& rist, I apeiate ?ordo;2 Wllkin9'8,. siriited''::defeziceof:,:that' I"uch : maligii`d class.: xi But the igures 1i-e oqrites ': .accidents 'attributed to...

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Israel and Jordan

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Israel aiid' Jordan .w. .? ?. ? ...,? . 9 - 6 Teurgency. wihbic2th sh ion on the isrei-Jrd fot~ie~r demar~dsY attention has'ndw -been friecgnised by thZ 'theWe Weste po. vets...

A Loss to Greece

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;A :'Loss toW Greece.' I :.: f .. ': :, : ;l' - Mr., Markezinis, who resigned last Friday from the Greek Government. is -a IQsS; He gave spareY and vigour to the first stable-...

Dien Bien Phu and Beyond

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a DEn Pbul an Beyon Dien politca; leaders) may; have guated as mor1 detailed news last. week about the scale ofChirde iutervendogW : yindThd-Chfn4, where .theircontribulti6nto...

United Action in Indo-China

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itedA4ononin Indo-1hiua, 'e owe to take "unlitedaaction-A" inJnoChi osnt * aT reort, ret itW Alth Unmited Sae.M.Die id 1~i1 sta~znnt ater eneal Ey' advsted W ashngo ru essage'...

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The Conductor's World. By D. E. Inghe brecht.

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: The Conductor's World. J By D. E. InU : brecht. (Peter Neville. 16s.)i I J. 'ad is.his t translationi of 'a book wiI appeared in France under the title "-Chef d0r*hestre...

Marriage is My Business. By Heather Jenner.

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Marriage iMv ins B HEather Jenner. (William Kism!r, 12s, 6d.) Miss'JENNER, daughte~f a brigadier, made marriage.hcr. busness in 1939, When she set *up a bureau 4mainly tq fid...

Don Juan. By Ronald Duncan.

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Don Juan. By Ronald . .. :: Oa and Eaber. lOs. 6d,) MANY Writers have handled the Don 3 theme from. Tirso ,.de, Molina ,thro Moliare (Le, Feisdt Pl e erre is probably...

Five Plays. By Edmund Wilson.

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OTHaER R1ECENT BO',BOOKS, FivRe Plays,. By Edmnnd Wilson. (W. H. Al~len... 2Vs.) 5 : As a literary critic, Edmund Wilson hts a considerable reputation'in the United Statest...

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The Lady and the Fool.

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V:.. *1 <.? : ;, I ", , " , ?, 1 , " . , ? i , ", ? , 1. , - " ? ", , -0? TO O Aftdl.11111?111, C.; ,i' , ?? I " , I - I I , , m :1 ,. Adid YVOO? ?', Joaw i.u'cs 'new bpliet,...

King of the Khyher Rifles. (Odeon, Marble Arch.)-C anova's Big Night. (Plaza.)-Easy to Love. (Empire.)-The Command. (W rn r.)

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C$NEMA *( HERY1u& i;0 drctrogfr ;tctlon 'i' W C'X' } s'fil ho WU Ab . itoo ' on t fr racial and nptio, l;. : pro4bles f is h*zb a haifCote Captin serv~ing Quen itoiaI an Jndia...

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More Voles?

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c 1nd t~Ol 4~Q~ M |~~~~~~~~~Lfiy

[TWO weeds that infest the garden drive me...]

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Country JJ?Je?:'?f?. Two! weeds tliai tflpVtbe' ki4& i 0I-stj istraeio &Q s ~t # wag&Iaj4 warsgAwinm map. al p tdt woQ. IM 4 wbstteeo94 ;raa 40itb~ vgeabl. tehiath at. th...

Spraying for S b

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?0 - I 4?- ""; , - ,, ? ?? " -X ".' 4 . . . , . ? 1".. I . , - , -, ": i, A. o; tljk?.;"? * o* A, 'toi S32E~~~~~~P9 E S

MODERN POETRY

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/ ';'MODZXI f : . ' OkTR; Isoer wich has bceu tpp n Would ytukn~ytl uezlwhe'ti seqod I~~ oft~ ti~d ~rs~ 'inthbe 0poem, ' krm's, ont ,2 _r 1 ~tih~ta, by n v uie, or tw?. eroshi~...

House-Moving

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The Bridge on the River Kwai. By Pierre Boulle. Blaze of the Sun. By Jean Hougron. Against Whom? By Phyllis Bottome. The Devil's Hunting Grounds. By Harry Blamires.

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NEw No ves : New: -Novels hi:. I :' i .1 i I : j ?' . , , I :: : 'a E I Big on J tII Re :I. B P oulle. iTho Bridge on tlheRiver Kwa. By Pierr Fo D (Seceker,& Warbur P 1N...

Sir Is ac Newton. By E. N. da C. Andrade. Einstein. By Antonina Vallentin.

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The: Life o f Sci e , ,of .,St etnce, :, . Ti*'c Newton.; BygE. N. da C. Andrade, (Collins-; 7s. d,): RBy Atonina Vallentiii. (Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 16s.) I are two'...

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Mothers' Union

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Mei'Union .:i:o;nj . hin thp Cou~n"t"y'the Iaggard- ,sprqnS-~is 1ai~ ~ oo~ ,effecti a round: , abird built a nes in my laid three 6eggs'it it, theia tbri caine along and added...

The Gracious Life (A.D. 1954)

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>The Grciou LifeG (.."4 i Extiaqtftprni a lettexro t yto a: 1 Fniujei, t14~p'he tm oi§V .; N'i~~ IC -

The Old Look

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he l'Qd Look This iearr's, -Budget is: so f vylike last :'ea that et most experenced commdieators hadd difficulty A: findingg t s qa a t it whichtu w not sain . ny Timens...

Othello's Occupation's Gone

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Oecupation' a I , .: ' ' ;', deoi systel Of alliances Q'( rrfected | as . 1waed, }tuent~ier :tging ,atout NATOs'i;fth, anniv rsary on - ~ ~ --.,-- A ' IT -f e o sense, once...

[IT seems to me a great pity that there are no war-...]

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. , I , I / I o k o I : ' , I. SPECTATOR'S NOTEBOOK , I ? ? : 7 : ? ? i ! . . . I" , I i I , . -'o , " 1'teems; to mb a great pity that there are no 'war, C eo~rrespondeits in...

Cr saders at Coventry

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Ier~ at Covenst I Is ,usually 4fn inidividual failh,~n mjty of the' ~of Coventky 'City~ ouncid~ e.Isset coleqg uilty of, twhntedecidetoetao dsndg j ,ivil1,~ Defence....

Inside Story

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'Iu dei~a Stotv - j g S a, | I> i , ;M :This week's pie 4ctitis _ o e,;htsgropme o life on the; Amazon. Th0 Ction under; one of them, wh0U D. wil swalowa mai , . i s A . .e Vir...

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[OFFICIAL statistics have given us cause to...]

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-1 Om ,c statistics hve, given, us CAis to., expect good. aiicraft company results, for .:. exports of aircraft last year were nearly: 50 p 0 .eit. up£465 nmillions against....

[IN the first few minutes of the Stock Ex-...]

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Companydrt Notes 0 I I I I , . 1, , , I I I I .1 7., ,I I ?2 . I . i ''I'l \., ?m By" 6USTOSl . IN the first Lw minutes pf the Stock EU- cnange's flrst post-uiget aCay the...

FINANCE AND INVESTMENT

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LTANCEt AND INVESTMENT .y NICHOLAS DAVENPORT: ~ - 1 1 ~-I / AUSPECt . that once again theChancellor H iped ta give a cold dduche t1 the bullish Al emt~eneh on the Stock...

[ACCORDING to The Investors Chronicle the...]

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ACCORDING 'to Tlhe'Investors Chronkfr1AiRM index for retail store shares has risen by, 80 per cent. since January, 153. 1ut 'S itis inarlet sems to be the speculai first...

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Toscanini's Last Concert

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7 of ACONTIsMPRAY TS MUSIC. 0 7Ibcan:ni'u Last Coi `er .WriH tho'lst note 'Mf t@ : teiershnger' :ludEhis right lanLdroppea tO his sid Od the batohi fel tO -the floor' ."...

Victor Pasmore.

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'ART'>: " Victor- Pwssiore. . O(Istituto of 'Contempo-, rary'Arts.' AwsRTs3in thisicountry' do not gp in much for Peri$; the compulsion, to change' the; ;'Line -eve so:'*of...

The Enchanted. By Jean Giraudoux. (Arts.)-Juno and the Paycock. By Sean O'Casey. (New Lindsey.)-Pal Joey. (Princes.)

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* T R " . .. ...... .. ehd the6 yok 'y e O'Casey. (e Liidy.-a Ai4 inspectort is, sent from :, i apitc investigate illegaphantoms mAU FPr town -(Loi du 5 S pteib,' 1888,be tob...

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Milk Wood. By Dylan Thomas.

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~~r~~ir~~g fpr ~~~R...... . Io64~ '-b~~Tois -., *' -, - - , , - , i;?, -, I;; ?? 4? 4 ? I 11?;?k ? ; J?:'I i- 4 ?? :11.1, i.-.?? " ~tz welthy ~wns cnt~ndfc~r 1rn~ da, aic1...

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The Museum in Trouble

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_fi Museum ':Xin, Trouble report of the- Stariding Commission on Musems and vlejs (i949-53) reveals that th usual. Mancial difficulties | Mt~le;:ritishb Museum are rapidly...

AT WESTMINSTER

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;AT ;WESTMINSTER UITE unexpectedly, events in Parliament thiis, Q: Enforced the Commons to consider the relati6n in whq the three leading men in the Consive Pa Sir Winston...

The War Between Men and Women

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e War Between Men and Womin A" gradual solution "Mr., ]Butler promised for the problem qUtalpa'y. It had a familiar ring about it-the promisp of ore' of vChancellors to a;...

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[SIR,-The article by Stephen Toulmin and the...]

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AbA ai 'atOi ifc4'tsbr %o4 q tbbiigb i Th doilsos*'% P W t otpp-rU4t s a t, otw ppez ~I ea ~be~ji~j~ ft~ij~w~tsa %p~ai ~ AS' d'o ' - "t~iat this c'l ak i~~en;~ uh f11-~lb*4jh...

[SIR,-Mr. Toulmin in his article 'Doing With...]

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i oicne i~~~w ~ ~ 9 WCeo ~$r ia q ra aers'ice i~~~~i ctrawh~~~~g attenik~~~~ to the' q ue'41 n~ '*wAre ot d tao wthfwe-tli4 iT~ th~~re t e wenftyrj ~' T~t~1~ic the i ~ rea deg...

[SIR,-Mr. Toulmin is right about one thing.]

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frrs toJ th edto , , . " ?51 . , ;'.1- k1? ", ? . , ,11 I , . ,:,;? ,". I A i : I ., 0 ?;On;k,."??,, '41& 1'r, MMERIMPl, 1- I.,?!.,.,?,.?";?,ps?..,???.4,k"..4i, ti, AbVt"...

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The Opinions of Soviet Man

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The Opinions of So0iet1 'r-? 14'. ". ? , , " . ? -2 " I , I , , - - I . : ? - ? i g?lp ; , I I io .. ?*GE'ORGE KATkOv,. , HE vIews ep ressed by Soviet; nationals are apt to....

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Four Guineas. By Elspeth Huxley, Sierra Leone. By Roy Lewis.

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A . I . I . I ?, . , , . 1 41 'CIA ss n r , i' ?' -;We'f:A friC' ". I '? in , , 9 , M FoiriGutnas. By Elspeth Hu)dey, A o inda Wfinsdup, 21s 7 X v Sierra Leone. By Roy...

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George Herbert. By Margaret Bottrall.

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A :,uitii¶n* . " ?7. ,W. 1. I - j.. -? ?tl ,:, jj: j'!!* 1. o A, ? W ,?- tll.9 r 'i 0;, '! li " , :?,? i ? ;: " 1#" ? S, I .?? 7, -, ? ?. I ?, ?? tiyroca~ h0bbti fOA.,~ ~ U~~...

History of Doll's Houses. By Flora Gill Jacobs.

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ToyTowu I o I J.'' ? , ? , I . 't 11 M R .", 11.11?1* ,Ak6r'h , 1:?' A . I I O Poll ?. ? Aco ? 8; (Ca el Y6d) o~s' has certainly .lsd1 on -a; godsbj. $o mu i woidvos why on...

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Compton Mackenzie

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?': K 1r1U1?1Li!1FA1F(PL1III"!?1N i?zjuju'AJu,'uiumju?uu;uu ''"',of, go X (.jlfifffll acenzte ., Y re~ollecton of xneetn~ a ninist tbh te' iinn Ot- {; in qtiX ,mi-vQ b t f...

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Disturbed Birthday for NATO

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Disturbe Brthdy fo-r ATO The ceXf ftfth :iiiy-ei . of 'the North Aitlanti 'Teaty6 Q .a.i ans'n ha tX1rb4 by; the 'aA~ai*- ,ih.aviour Aa M :; t@oi 1]a ithe $vfrt /Unipn;i0.igt...

[IN matters to atomic weapons Sir Winston Churchill has now...]

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-.AOMCCLU7A7ESMNSE ilk MU~~~~~~~~~~ naWtters of atomic-.weapois' Six Winiston Churchiilhassnow: [4 demionst~ate his r~markabio bpacity for being rgh oflb ig ~ues: and...

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BEYOND THE BUDGET

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BEXYOND THE BUDGET ERE is little excitement, amusementoj- eve interest, bderied fr .,th xercise of lo~okig tw t Fi9Uo, fi,. his !Peesh i.Ton esday aqx 0d.'tonthe Iy, tt his...

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Britain B.C.

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a(HOKFQ THE WttEEK

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The Hundredth Boat Race

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RTJNG APUT : e H utd r4e4 iBot Rcee ?QHN UEAVALN 2 33 crow4 tseem" to bget. O~nes bya~ by yat. Oxfor 4 C 4mrig now; dr~batt1Q$&t. anW on the windy> ~ws but also across the...

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A German Gentleman

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~eran Gentleman vai 1 84irpt, ~hiiIJ 4 e4~et impe ii*u ackisg iito eo'tlftfr ssbtoetewos "OF wJ ,Ba bv n luh qekns hi sedi irh ^ of f with. .yo~u ted t ither,. L Baas 1' I' R...

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The Republic in Danger?

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icinDaier?< :eded a. : p~e'opl' Mre . M ien flIeN ta,:t :compe;t : 1mb-China,. culty .of .soe .. the Fench'. all. /T-,e exp i'ece Pdtlis not very remote ne (althoghi the...