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...Houses of the Three Little Pigs-one of straw, another of sticks, and a third of non-huffable brick . . ." See MODERN LIVING, Barnyard on Fifth Avenue...
...That amiability of his," la ments Leonard Woodcock, "doesn't lead him to give away anything at the bargaining table." Because he helped pioneer G.M.'s labor relations in the '30s without benefit of a degree in law or psychology, Seaton likes to call himself a "barnyard bargainer." But he is a pretty slick country boy. A regular reader of dozens of union publications, he has an intimate understanding of the political realities of the labor movement, on occasion has stayed up all night to find a method of settling a wildcat strike without loss of face...
...spindly-legged beast as ever pranced across the screen at a Saturday matinee. This should have tipped me off as to the identity of Mumu, but my suspicions began to subside as the second film got through half its length without paying undue attention to any of the barnyard animals that lurked in the background. But, finally, Mumu turned out to be a puppy, and vindicated my hypothesis...
...from angry; it might qualify, in fact, as the flattest-voiced play of the season. This is part of its meaning: it concerns the return of a young girl living in London to her farm-worker family -set, ignorant, mean-souled people given to drab gossip and barnyard jokes. The girl, having gained wider horizons through a self-educated Socialist boy friend, vainly hymns culture and social awareness to her family. Then, just when her lover is to arrive for a visit, a letter from him arrives instead, chucking her as not up to his world...
...fought for and proudly wore the title of king of the Soviet cornfield. Even now, when Soviet agriculture lags, Khrushchev charges furiously forth to defend his crown. Last year, as the year before, the Soviet harvest fell short, and once again Khrushchev is laying about him viciously in the barnyard. He has fired his Agriculture Minister, he has ordered a reorganization of the whole farm sector, and last week he put on a roaring show when the Communist Party's Central Committee met to discuss what is still his country's No. 1 problem, agriculture...