Word: captioning
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...quite surprised to see a review of [my] article on guided missiles, which was published in the Marine Corps Gazette, in TIME for June 23. It is presented in the usual excellent TIME manner; however, there are three points which I would like to clarify: The caption "PushButton War" is looked upon unfavorably by scientists, engineers and military men in general. . . . Although the problem of propulsion is generally more advanced than that of guidance and control, it is by no means [true that] "Power supply is no problem." The suggestion that "Bat" and "Loon" are the only guided missiles...
...Public hanging from the "coat rack" gallows, allowing 30 executions at the same time. These scenes were photographed, published as postcards, and issued to German soldiers. The caption read: "This is how trees blossom in Serbia...
...mark the horrible . . . photograph of me with the smart caption: "Anticipation!" You might better have used that caption on a mass photograph of the starving Italian children, to whom I have turned over the entire huge bulk of my Italian royalties. Or on a group of flood-wrecked British farmers, to whom I gave a great portion of my Brit ish royalties, or on a photograph of French blind veterans, who are happier today for my contribution. Or on many sections of the American unfortunate, to whom I give over 20% of my gross earnings as a writer every year...
...read with great interest your report of Colonel McCormick's Hollywood visit [TIME, March 31]. I was also very surprised at the caption under the picture: "Hostess Hopper, Guest McCormick, Admirer Sinatra." Hasn't Mr. Sinatra always claimed to be a great liberal? It seems to me that being a liberal and being an admirer of Colonel McCormick are incongruous. Of course, it might be that Miss Hopper's power of the press is too strong for Mr. Sinatra...
...began when Van Johnson came to town. Val, a copy girl being tried as a picture-caption writer, persuaded an elderly friend to pretend to be a Johnson fan. Then Val talked City Editor Clem Lane into doing a story on "Van's oldest admirer...