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...recent years some 40% of Hollywood movies have won the Legion's A-I rating, but last year, Dulles wrote, the percentage fell below 30, and B pictures increased. State censorship boards have been greatly weakened by recent Supreme Court decisions the films may not be banned on general charges of immorality or sacrilegiousness. "The Legion of Decency must therefore bear a heavier load in the struggle to maintain propriety . . . It is not enough for Catholics to be on guard against personal mortal sin. They must be alert to the social aspects of motion picture morality...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Movie Morality | 6/11/1956 | See Source »

...been driven 1262 actual miles.) From the Denver Post: "New Ig Iv rm, frpl, 2 bdrm, Ig kt, exp attic cel gar." (Translation: a new house with a large living room with fireplace, two bedrooms, large kitchen, expansion attic and cellar garage.) Automobiles are "jim dandy," "slick as a whistle," "A-i," "just like new," "never a wreck," "peachy keen," and "loaded" (all the extras). The highest praise: "You'll simply drool...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: You'll Simply Drool | 2/25/1952 | See Source »

...tumult and the shouting dies, and English A, pursued by the pack, doubles on its track, licks its bloody wounds, and makes its perennial readjustment. All unnoticed amid the yelping of the critics is a quiet and unassuming little backwater that goes by the handsome name of English A-I. A Freshman, having obtained a mark of over 595 in his English Entrance exam, looks over the list of English courses. Skipping Advanced Public Speaking and Theses for Honors, he sees, after English A-I, "Open to Freshmen who have been excused from English A." Naturally he thinks it better...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: English A's Stepchild | 5/14/1941 | See Source »

...unfortunate fact is that those diverted from English A fall naturally into A-I, a soporific composed of fellow sufferers, incompetents seeking rest and a C, and Seniors in Science. The course is a large one and growing. A spring renovation and shaking out of mothballs could male it a good course. It meets twice a week at 2 o'clock, when lectures are delivered to lunch-stuffed sufferers who think a cut inadvisable. During the second half-year the same lectures are handed out again, though the course is supposed to last a whole year. There is no textbook...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: English A's Stepchild | 5/14/1941 | See Source »

TODAY 9.15 O'clock Botany 13Sever 20 Comp. Literature 28 Harvard 2 Comp. Literature 30 Harvard 5 Economics 2 A-I Sever 35 J-Z Sever 36 Economics 37 Emerson D Education A Emerson A Engin. Sciences 5a Pierce 302, 307 Fine Arts 5c Fogg Lect. Rm. German 1c Emerson D German 4 Harvard 2 Government1 Mr. McFarlane, C1, C2, C3, C4 Memorial Hall Mr. Farbach, F1, F2, F3, F4 Memorial Hall Mr. Gregory, G1, G2, G3, G4 New Lect. Hall Mr. Hulse, H1, H2, H3, H4 New Lect. Hall Mr. Mitchell, M1, M2, M3, M4 New Lect. Hall Government...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MIDYEAR EXAMINATIONS | 1/29/1926 | See Source »

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