Word: beginnings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When he was learning his trade 15 years ago writing TIME'S Books section, and turning out some poetry and an occasional novel of his own, one of Matthews' novels moved a fellow critic to begin his review as follows: "Thomas Stanley Matthews, 30, has a chin that sticks out from under a nose, eye, and brow that might have belonged to St. Paul, patron saint of his preparatory school (Concord...
LONDON--Minister of Food John Strachey announced today that bread and flour will be rationed throughout the United Kingdom for the first time in history. Rationing will begin July...
...Curran, who had never really wanted a strike, was soon satisfied after Government spokesmen pushed a stack of chips to the middle of the table. The chips: for all seamen, a $17.50 flat monthly increase and overtime at $1 an hour. With normal overtime, now to begin after 48 hours instead of 56, this would give an AB (now making $145 a month) close to $200-what he earned in wartime. This was good enough for Curran's seagoing National Maritime Union...
Said Farrell: "I have [never] written one line which a fair-minded human being can term 'pornographic'. . . . For some years now, the prejudiced forces of censorship have been straining at the leash in the United States in order to begin a new witch hunt against serious and honest writing. These forces [may] begin a reactionary campaign of legal book lynching in this country. Your Government . . . can well provide the necessary example...
Battle of Commentators (Wed. 7:30 p.m., Mutual). Cecil Brown and Merryle Rukeyser, who seldom see eye-to-eye, begin a weekly debate on the news...