Word: calls
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...clarion call for a return to spiritual values in the individual, in order that our people may have "the balanced qualities of spirit, mind and body," I nominate Charles A. Lindbergh...
...been changed to Voroshilov Street." The peasant then asked how to find Italia Street. "You go that way," said the policeman, "but its new name is Vishinsky Street." The peasant inquired about Vigado Square. "You'll pass it on your way," said the policeman, "but you must call it Molotov Square." Some time later the policeman, crossing a bridge over the Danube, saw the peasant staring morosely into the water. "You don't seem to have followed my directions," the policeman remarked. "Not yet," said the peasant; "I was just standing here thinking how big the Moskva...
...huge $22 million opera house that Chicagoans call "Insull's Folly," his tiny orchestra (he brought 37 musicians with him, added 25 Chicagoans) had to saw and blow hard to be heard; and his singers, fearful of losing themselves-and their voices - in the 75-ft.-deep stage, hovered close to the footlights. When it was over, some veteran operagoers who remembered Mary Garden's Salome thought that Brenda Lewis' striptease with the seven veils was a bit corny. But one listener, as taken with Brenda's figure as with her singing, reported: "Salome...
...Pentagon, he quizzed Chief of Staff Omar Bradley about a caustic letter from Senator Henry Cabot Lodge (an Army source informed Pearson) complaining about the Army's "slipshod" training program. ("As a result," said Pearson, "Bradley has called in four 'top-ranking generals and raised hell.") Over lunch at the Mayflower hotel, War Crimes Prosecutor Joseph B. Keenan, just back from Tokyo, fed Pearson an "inside" story that Emperor Hirohito wants a military alliance with the U.S. An anonymous telephone call brought a chance to throw a dart at a favorite target, Senator Owen Brewster, for taking free...
...division of History Government, and Economics was mainly responsible for the selection of January 3 aa the day starting Generals. Since this division gives the largest number of the exams, it wants as much time as possible for grading. It has, therefore, traditionally been given first call on a date. As one Economics official stated: "We always have our Generals on the first two days of reading period, and we don't see any reason why we should change...