Word: asked
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When tranquil, white-topped Elmer Davis went to Washington last summer as the people's choice for Director of War Information, his appointment was generally hailed. When he went to Capitol Hill, to ask for funds in well-rounded sentences full of common sense, modesty and "sirs," the House Appropriations Committee was moved to a rare compliment...
Eliot House will present its annual dinner on Friday, March 19, commemorating the one hundred and ninth anniversary of President Eliot. John H. Finley, Master of the House and associate professor of Greek and Latin will preside and Rev. Samuel Eliot will ask the blessing...
...goes to U.S. forces at the fighting fronts. They have received over 1,000 special programs which U.S. radio fans would give plenty to hear. Forty-odd shows a week are heard only by the armed forces. Command Performance gives the boys a variety show of anything they ask for (from Bing Crosby to Ann Sheridan frying a steak). G.I. (Government Issue) Jive is a steaming session of hot music. There are religious programs (Music For Sunday), adaptations of novels, plays (Front Line Theatre), classical music, sports reviews...
...Pole Vaulter Cornelius Warmerdam, making his last Eastern appearance of the season (he is too serious about his school-teaching at Piedmont, Calif., to ask for more than two leaves during the school year), left all opponents behind at the 14-ft. level, cleared the bar at 15 ft. 3 ⅞ in. It was his 28th vault above...
Chaplains in general feel that the Hour is raising the religious interest of the troops. They cite the fact that many men ask for baptism, confirmation, some talk about entering the ministry after the war. But by & large the men's attitude tends toward the cagey. Many of them preface their questions apologetically: "Without disrespect to the Church. . . ." Says the Ministry of Information, with bland British understatement: "There is extremely little real hostility to the Church. The commonest attitude might be accurately described as disappointment or impatience...