Word: bearing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Super-Bear...
When Gandhi left, two hours and 45 minutes later, Pakistan was closer than ever. Jinnah had not budged an inch. Neither had Gandhi. Said he: "I can never be a party to the division of India. I cannot bear the thought...
...months the horror programs that curdle the school-to-supper hours on the radio have been under attack from alarmed parents and teachers (TIME, March 24).*Last week radio was almost ready with its answer: a clean, bouncy transcribed program for children (aged three to ten), featuring Buddy Bear, "the most lovable and at the same time mischievous playmate a child ever had." Buddy's catch line: "Bobo ske deeton-dotten...
...make certain that every American moppet will become properly bear-conscious, Kasper-Gordon, the transcription agency, has promised to set off an overpowering display of promotional fireworks to coincide with the June 9 national premiere of the show...
Buttressing Buddy (an unprepossessing teddy bear) will be 65 Universal-International color movie shorts, 100,000 record albums, a newspaper cartoon strip drawn by the artists of Superman, Buddy Bear dolls, pull-toys, crayons, paint sets, wallpaper, pajamas, toothbrush holders, cereal bowls, lamps, storybooks-"and countless other items of merchandise . . . under the Buddy Bear name." Some parents suspected that the time might come when the afternoon horror programs would be remembered with wistful regret...