Word: actioneers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...least three other University faculties, following the vote of Arts and Sciences yesterday, plan quick action on the NDEA loyalty issue. Today, the Graduate School of Education will discuss three alternative resolutions, prepared for the meeting by a five-man faculty committee...
Many of these restrictions stem from a misunderstanding or lack of information about the needs of education, the Dean said. He called for a statement of principles drawn up--"eventually through some form of concerted action"--which would define the "broad purposes and basic policies of the ideal national financial aid program...
...rain abated slightly for the opening minutes of the first period, Neil Sclater-Booth started a prolonged passing-off drive that carried half the field and ended with wing Ted Frembgen sprinting over for the try. The play, which came after only a minute and a half of action, was unquestionably the finest...
Major Cooper picks his first hero (Michael Callan) in a skirmish, and at the battle of Ojos Azules, a remarkably clear and exciting action sequence, he finds four more (Van Heflin, Tab Hunter, Richard Conte, Dick York). The colonel then puts Cooper and his heroes in charge of a U.S. citizen (Rita Hayworth) accused of giving aid and comfort (of a suggestively unspecified nature) to the enemy, and orders them north to Cordura, three days' ride across a waterless waste. On the way Cooper tells the men that they will be nominated for the Medal of Honor, and asks...
...President Frank Stanton announced that he wants CBS to dump all "deceptive" TV practices (including canned applause and canned laughter) unless the audience is informed of them beforehand. Stanton even lashed out at CBS's own personal-interview shows, notably such tame and untarnished stalwarts as U.N. in Action and Person to Person, because the guests are vaguely rehearsed. In rage, P. to P.'s producers, John Aaron and Jesse Zousmer, resigned -but not before retorting that the show was so spontaneous that two flustered male guests had appeared on screen with their pants zippers open...