Word: basic
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Bishop William Manning [TIME, Nov. 28] ! The first, a fighter against God; the second, a fighter for God. I am sure that Bishop Manning was fully aware of hypocrisy in high places and evil deeds done in religion's name. But, with a firm belief in the basic goodness of Christianity, he fought and won his battles against evil. Unfortunately, too many of us are like William McCarthy. We see the evil in the church as a sign for us to step out and ridicule it from the outside. This is the easy way. The true Christian remains within...
Pensions: To pay $100 a month to everybody over 65 would cost $12 billion a year, and raise the question "whether our economy can stand that tremendous burden without deterring industry as well as the worker." He wanted a basic Government study of pension plans...
Kyser does not play up to the TV camera, because "if I'm having fun I ain't looking anywhere." Program suggestions from his sponsor (Ford Dealers) and TV Director Earl Ebi are welcome so long as they do not violate the College's basic Simple-Simon format. Remembering the one disastrous show that resulted when he took his wife's advice, Kyser says firmly: "It's only when you try to get too professional and want to class it up that you fall flat on your face...
...worker morale or efficiency. Many unionists also oppose such plans, fearing that they will lead to the speedup. To that the council replies: not so. Profit sharing simply eliminates waste and carelessness. Said Clarence Wimpfheimer: "It is not a method of chiseling wages down. You establish a decent basic wage, and you put the profit sharing on top of that...
...basic fault of "Alive and Kicking" is, not surprisingly, its material. In spite of the assistance of Milton Berle, Henry Morgan, and four other contributors to the sketches, there are no more than three or four genuinely funny moments all evening. The songs, written by a total of ten people, can be most charitably described as innocuous. Costumes and scenery are similarly undistinguished. Surely such weak efforts do not deserve a cast of 40 and a production costing thousands of dollars...