Word: caste
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...suddenly, after a hurry-up Stettinius visit to the White House, the offer was withdrawn. Cohen's friends had their own explanation: Harry Hopkins had cast the blackball. Incensed, Ben Cohen resigned from Government service, was persuaded to stay only after an hour's conference with Franklin Roosevelt himself...
...also a fine sculptor. Last week, at Manhattan's Buchholz Gallery, an exhibition of 50 rare bronzes reminded Degas devotees that the painter could model. Only one of the pieces had ever been shown during Degas' lifetime, and only after his death in 1917 were they cast in bronze...
When his dealer once proposed having one of his sculptures cast, Degas became violent. "Have it cast! Bronze is all right for those who work for eternity. My pleasure consists in beginning over & over again. Like this . . ." he shouted, and seizing a nearly finished clay dancer, mashed it into a sodden lump...
...high point of his first radio show was as good unseen as seen: he played all the parts in a populous, fast-talking skit whose cast of characters covered half a dozen nationalities, two sexes, assorted ages, and a corner of the animal kingdom. It was a good trick, and at least fresher than his repeat performance of the stunt that originally made him a star...
...Caniff, himself added and the Pirates, and suggested the strip's Oriental locale. Now Joe Patterson will have to find someone else to match Caniff's slick draftsmanship, crackling dialogue and skilled adventure story. For his part, Caniff will have to create an entirely new character-cast and story for Field. So far he has decided only that he will not borrow from his Male Call, a lustier, bustier strip which he draws free for over 1,000 G.I. newspapers (TIME...