premise: Nevertheless , with a reading public that longs for `` the good old days '' and with an <mask> of our expanding international interests , it is easy for the Benets to obtain a magnified position in literature by use of all sorts of Americana , real or fake , and it is easy for the Steinbecks and Sandburgs to support their messages of reform by reading messages of reform into the minds of the folk .
hypothesis: the proper context for <mask> here should be having knowledge of