Word: ago
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...fortnight ago, when Volksstimme railed against importation of a batch of U.S. made cars, Arbeiter Zeitung disclosed that the cars were for the use of the Soviet authorities...
Three months ago, when the prelates of Manhattan's St. Patrick's Cathedral read his statement in the New York Times, they decided that Composer Harris, who describes himself as "a shouting Methodist," had shouted a bit too loudly. St. Pat's had planned to perform Harris' new Mass for Men's Voices and Organ on Easter Sunday. The plans were dropped...
...Chinese have never been noted for mass production of anything but masses; but civilization is an old Chinese custom. Some 1,200 years ago, long before movies were invented, the Chinese had a fair substitute. They painted picture stories on long silk scrolls, to be scanned slowly from right to left...
...Middle East, George W. Polk, 34, was ready to go home. But first, he told friends, he wanted a feather for his cap: an interview with Communist Guerrilla Chief Markos Vafiades. It was a dangerous trip, but he was used to danger. Only a fortnight ago Polk had reportedly brushed off threats to kill him for his criticism of the Greek government...
...excuses. Program directors have operated on the skimpiest of budgets (until recently as much as 80% of television's money and personnel was spent on the engineering end), and against exasperating odds: inadequate studio equipment, a Petrillo ban on live musicians (which ended only nine weeks ago), and Hollywood's cold shoulder. Under the circumstances, it is perhaps remarkable that TV has offered anything at all worth looking...