Word: approaches
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...their Charlie Chaplin mustaches, slither around the stage, eager to rehoist the banner of fascism, and badly oriented American troops sell nylons and democracy for nightly fraternization. These are all familiar themes, stories that fill the columns of our daily papers. But the effect of the news releases cannot approach the impact achieved by portraying the scenes on the stage...
...opinion the most readable portion of the last Lampoon was the ads. A careful reading of the entire issue brought me not a single laugh, not even a gentle smile. Things have reached the point that I read the Lampoon with the same attitude with which I approach Cunningham's column--just to see what the fool has to say this time...
...sponsors of the Cleveland Institute call the forthcoming forum "A Report from the World" in the belief that study of the relationship between the U.S. and other countries is the most realistic and fruitful approach to worldwide international relations. Either a cynical assumption that the U.S. will drift back into isolationism or an over-optimistic belief that the U.S. will carry more than its share of the burden might retard for years the growth of a wholesome spirit of international cooperation. Both the U.S. and the rest of the world have much to learn about what each may expect...
...policies will be expressed largely in economic terms and Vandenberg has already ad dressed himself to the task of mobilizing congressional support for foreign economic policies which will implement U.S. political efforts. Senator Vandenberg's approach is realistic. He has cautioned that the U.S. is not rich enough to "become permanent almoner to the whole earth." That remark does not foreshadow a return to economic isolationism. Vandenberg well understands that the world's reconstruction needs may continue to call for U.S. sacrifices. Says he: "As much as anything, I am concerned about our own psychology, the continued reiteration...
Temper the Wind is extremely uneven playwriting and not quite forceful enough theater. It has too many characters to keep it tidy or taut; its clash of viewpoints never quite boils up into drama; its culminating melodrama is clumsily handled and unexciting. But it remains an honest approach to a vital subject. And if it sounds sharp warnings, it offers no smug answers; it is evidence given in the witness box, rather than a resounding verdict handed down from the bench...