In Bygone Days, In Palestine And Elsewhere, Obsolete...
the possession of money being a stewardship gained a• certain fleeting currency. The twentieth century of the Christian era has known how to change all that. In one week, or at......
A Spectator's Notebook
A N evening spent with Dr. Gallup, organiser of polls, who arrived in this country on Monday, is a stimulating experience. The public opinion test is by now an estab- lished......
Washington And Germany
O F the numerous questions—Persia, Korea and Egypt among them—which the Foreign Ministers of Britain, the United States and France are discussing this week, the one which......
Who Did Write The Hymn " Veni, Creator Spiritus," Described
as second only to the Te Deum among mediaeval Christian com- positions, and translated into English in the seventeenth century by Bishop Cosin as the well-known "Come, Holy......
One Word In President Truman's Chilly Observations To The...
Czechoslovak Ambassador to the United States, when the latter was presenting his credentials, has attracted less attention than might be expected. Relations between the two......
A Gentleman Who May Become The Labour Party's New Election
agent is described, I see, as "a gregarious pipe-smoker." As a mild student of the English language I find this a little perplexing. Is he a gregarious person who, incidentally,......
Gerontology Is An Unlovely Word, And If You Ask Me
whether the G is hard or soft I should say it should be soft before an E; but the dictionary says the thing is optional, and I don't greatly mind. Anyhow, an international......
Having Commented Unenthusiastically On One Suggested Name...
landing-ground, I have been asked what I should call such a place myself. I should call it a hoverport. This type of machine is, I believe, generally known in the United States......
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