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...should the Soviet Union be used as a base? Stalin is even plainer. In one of his basic doctrinal writings, which has been republished in millions of copies, in many languages, right up to the present, he says: ". . . The development of world revolution will be the more rapid and thorough, the more effective the aid rendered by the first Socialist country [Russia] to the workers . . . of all other countries. In what should this aid be expressed? . . . The 'victorious proletariat' of the one country [here he quotes Lenin] . . . after organizing its own Socialist production, should stand up . . . against...
...over the generation of the '30s. These veterans have been harder workers-but except in technique, they're not as good. They don't have the quick, keen intellect or the inquiring disposition . . . The slogan of the '30s was 'Oh, yeah?' -a general, basic skepticism. This generation wants to believe something. It is looking for a quick and easy answer...
Last week, the heads of all the studios had called a conference to face these grim issues, wrestle with them and perhaps make a public announcement. The meeting was postponed-to some vague future date. The black basic facts of the Hollywood depression have not changed, but suddenly it is no longer fashionable to talk hard times. Studio chiefs admit that there were only 36 feature pictures in production last week-but instead of comparing that with the 49 of two years ago, they prefer to remember that this time last year there were only...
Most branches of technology have a backlog of unfinished business: basic principles worked out theoretically but not yet put to use. With jet propulsion, it is just the opposite. Practical jet engineers are already working close to the limits of theoretical knowledge. Ahead of them lies a blank area which the "longhairs" (theoretical men) have hardly begun to explore...
Yesterday's action came after Miss Heaton pointed out to Council that the committee has never had a permanent, year-to-year continuity. "I think every chairman for the past years has had to spend her first four months in office learning the basic working rules of the committee. They should really be known when she goes into office," she said...