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...always to be expected that new organizations will stumble about a good bit and bicker considerably before developing into adulthood. Though NSA in beyond the stumbling period, the recent conference did have its share of bickering, for it was the first bi-regonal meeting of the Northern and Southern New England regionals. The split along the North-South lines over NSA's position in regard to partisan politics appeared to be the cause of the stalemate that prevented the conference from being effective. Actually the squabbling arose only out of the real point of failure: lack of organization...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Regional Failings | 3/4/1948 | See Source »

Chadwick Maurer, as the Stage Manager, sets just the right mood for the whole play. Carol Wheeler, as Emily, and Burt French, as George, make difficult transition from childhood to adulthood with remarkable skill. Perhaps the outstanding performance is that of William Otis, as Editor Webb. His dialogue with George, the bridegroom-to-be, over the breakfast table on the wedding morning is a masterpiece of indirection. Except for an occasional overplayed speech, the rest of the cast, which includes John Rand, Robert Resor, and Robert Bastille, all '43, is up to the standard of the principals...

Author: By A. Y., | Title: PLAYGOER | 4/21/1942 | See Source »

...cases Dr. Levy presents, the child's history was followed into late adolescence or adulthood. Two of the cases...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Too Much Mother | 2/2/1942 | See Source »

Babes on Broadway (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer). Even in Hollywood, the custom among the males is to grow up first, and then get married. Against-the-grain Mickey Rooney, 21, got married last week to 19-year-old Hollywood Newcomer Ava Gardner. That adulthood is something he has yet to attain as an actor, Babes on Broadway makes uncomfortably plain. Miss Gardner, fresh from easygoing North Carolina, may have a maturing, decelerating effect on her breathless mate; in that case the future may be worth hanging around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Jan. 19, 1942 | 1/19/1942 | See Source »

...weeks she lay in Buenos Aires, threatened by deportation if her temperature returned to normal. The thwarted Spanish Embassy was her persistent enemy. Her steady defenders were the newspapers. Last week, when she reached the age of 22 - adulthood in Argentine law -her case came under Argentine jurisdiction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARGENTINA: MARIQUITA'S BIRTHDAY | 9/15/1941 | See Source »

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