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...National Production Authority Boss William Henry Harrison were apprehensive. Harry Truman's directive put an end to any argument: Wilson would be the unfettered general manager of U.S. preparedness, controlling production, prices, wages, procurement, manpower and whatever else might be necessary. He would be armed with the broadest set of powers ever granted to any citizen except a wartime President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MOBILIZATION: The New Boss | 12/25/1950 | See Source »

Matthiessen believed that "in the broadest sense, most of our later poets can be described as descendants of Whitman or as descendants of Poe," and consequently he accords large sections of his book to these two "pivotal figures...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Less Genteel, More Modern | 11/16/1950 | See Source »

...Charles Eliot Norton Professorship of Poetry was established by Charles Chauncey Stillman '98 in 1925. Under the terms of the $200,000 grant, the incumbent must deliver at least six lectures on poetry, the term being interpreted in its broadest sense...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wilder to Give 4 Norton Talks | 11/1/1950 | See Source »

...least terms, this may seem like planning small, keeping your socks dry, and bowing to superior wisdom. At its broadest, it may be taken as sound sense for an age bewildered by knowing less & less about more & more: "We are too much out, and if we don't draw in/ We shall be driven...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Pawky Poet | 10/9/1950 | See Source »

Three Oranges is certainly the broadest burlesque ever set on an opera stage, and the richest fun ever made out of grand opera's robustious airs. Composer Prokofiev's score makes it a work of art as well. Witty, clean and colorful, it fits the Three Oranges like a second skin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Three Oranges | 4/3/1950 | See Source »

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