IT must rate as the literary snub of the 20th century. T S Eliot, one of Britain's greatest poets, rejected George Orwell's Animal Farm for publication on the grounds of its unconvincing Trotskyite politics. Eliot, a former director of Faber and Faber, the publisher, wrote his rejection in a highly critical letter in 1944, one of many private papers made available for the first time by his widow Valerie for a BBC documentary. When Orwell submitted his novel, an allegory on Stalin's dictatorship, Eliot praised its "good writing" and "fundamental integrity".
Is this true: T.S. Eliot wrote "Animal Farm".

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THE presidents of Honduras and El Salvador were set yesterday to begin two days of talks in San Salvador, amid continuing tension in border areas.
Is this true: Honduras and El Salvador entered a dispute over their borders.

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Lin Piao, after all, was the creator of Mao's "Little Red Book" of quotations.
Is this true: Lin Piao wrote the "Little Red Book".

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International observers are surprised at the attack, given the recent advances that the Sri Lanka army has made, driving the LTTE from their former territories. "It is very significant that the rebels have carried out such an audacious attack when the government say that they are all but finished," opined BBC's Sinhala Editor, Priyath Liyanage. "It confirms what many of us already knew the rebels may be experiencing reverses on the battle field but they are not simply just going to disappear."
Is this true: LTTE stands for Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.

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no