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...When I speak to people," says blunt Sir Arthur, "I know my ideas. What I want to hear is theirs." This self-estimate makes his friends smile. Off duty, and particularly with Americans whom he wishes to cultivate, Sir Arthur can be quietly charming. Once he gets to know them, he can also be aggressive and contentious: they are never long in doubt as to what Sir Arthur thinks about any given subject...
...said in a hollow voice. "I see you sitting alone at a table at the Walnut Cafe. You are bald but except for that you haven't changed much." (My hair is getting thin, but I try to ignore it. Shad is so blunt.) "Strapped to the top of your bald head, you have a small microwave radio receiving and transmitting set. You radio the waiter for a scotch and soda. At a nearby table there is a terrific blonde. She is wearing a radio set on her head too. It is made, like a smart feminine hat, embroidered with...
...America grow, and from the inside: James S. Carson of Electric Bond & Share Co. (whose American & Foreign Power subsidiary has had plenty of financial troubles in selling electricity to eleven Latin American republics, but still has a larger investment south of the border than any other North American corporation). Blunt James Carson, speaking for the National Foreign Trade Council, quietly pointed...
This neglect, with its harmful effects upon both American character and prestige, is the theme of Brothers Under the Skin. Author Carey McWilliams is a former California Commissioner of Immigration & Housing. His description of the U.S. treatment of minorities is blunt; so are his suggested solutions. His ideas stem from years of preoccupation with the history of minority peoples, professional familiarity with Negro homes and segregated quarters, and a long career of opposition to those who see colored poverty and degradation as inevitable. McWilliams' earlier books on labor and agriculture (Ill Fares the Land, Factories in the Field) brought...
...movie is a blunt, high-spot review of world power politics between 1936 and Pearl Harbor. For the most part a faithful translation of Joe Davies' book, the picture departs from its text only to leave out Ambassador Davies' occasional reservations about the Soviet Union. Without doubts or reservations of any kind, the film devotes itself unabashedly to endearing the Russians to U.S. audiences...