Word: april
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Handwriting Analyst Muriel Stafford is right as far as she goes in analyzing Dean Acheson's "left-slanted" script [TIME, April 4], but she does not go far enough. History shows that none of the men who have distinguished themselves on the political scene, at any time, wrote a left-slant. Nor did a single one of them have low, "modest" capitals. They wrote a right-slant, were outgoing, and interested in "the greatest good for the greatest number." The left-slanter is, primarily, concerned with the "choice...
...your April 4 issue, was surprised to read that Clifford Odets' The Big Knife" is doing a brisk business on Broadway." According to TIME's theater critic, as well as other critics, it was ... a very bad play. Evidently the public does not think it is too awful...
That, at present, is the story, and it's unlikely to change much between now and April 23. Bolles doesn't guarantee this, but time is short, and is was not until this week that the boats have been hitting a racing beat over the mile and three quarters racing course...
...Advocate is without a doubt heading in the right direction. In last month's issue, the editors attempted to deal with "The Jew at Harvard"; now, in the April issue, they present a pre-and-con discussion of the Club System. Both topics are serious and important ones, and it is a pity that the handling in each case has been so inadequate...
...Webster's article does give the April Advocate an interestingly medieval touch and is in agreeable contrast to the simplicity of Fodor's story and the topicality of the "arguments" over the Clubs. It is just this contrast and variety that the Advocate is evidently trying to foster. The editors should endeavor in the future to add depth of thought and clarity as well...