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...taking advantage of Britain's preoccupation with the coming World War II, the I.R.A. sought to revive the issue of partition by launching hundreds of terrorist bombings in Manchester and London." If I were of southern Irish lineage, and/or a sympathizer of the I.R.A., I would blush with shame. It's comparable to a naughty little boy kicking his mother in the rear as she stooped over to pick up the laundry. How juvenile...
...babies across the U.S. border for adoption (at a price) in the U.S. But Miner had jumped the gun on the hearings, with a North American Newspaper Alliance description of his activities. After this happened, Kefauver received a chin-up note from one of his staffers: "Estes, at first blush this sounds bad, but it really is not. It will steal a little thunder, but at the same time it will really 'boom' our hearings...
...there is certainly an air of organized fun about the reunion proceedings, and that is one of the CRIMSON'S pet bugbears. The proprietors of this column early appointed themselves guardians of social individuality, and have fought, tooth and typewriter, against the encroachments of Fraternity spirit. At first blush, the Reunion, with its loudspeakers, strict programs and officious officials seems a most virulent form of disciplined jollity. Why, then, is the CRIMSON...
...Pierce baker left Harvard for Yale in 1928, it can join with the HDC's New theater workshop to bring about the same sort of writer-actor cooperation that distinguished Baker's famous '47 Workshop." The best experience a young playwright can have, professor MacLeish has said, is "the blush of shame" that comes when he sees his own place produced. Such beneficial experiences could be commonplace if student-written plays were regularly produced by the Workshop...
...slashing that American films undergo in foreign countries may somewhat pacify those who grumble whenever the impassioned scenes in French imports are suddenly cut short. Bathing suit sequences that wouldn't make an American Grandma blush are scrapped minutes after they reach the Irish censors' office, and Tarzan has never appeared in Spain without a full suit of clothes. Since nearly 40 percent of Hollywood's profit comes from abroad, the film czars have gathered legions of experts to remove objectionable parts before they leave this country. But it's impossible to out guess foreign whims, and the film companies...