Word: casts
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Andrei A. Gromyko cast Russia's 26th veto-against the U.S. plan to control atomic energy...
...Time of Your Life. William Saroyan's best-of-possible barrooms, boozily abuzz with whimsoid barflies, attractively impersonated by James Cagney and an enthusiastic supporting cast (TIME, June...
...What You Deserve." In all his speeches, Harry Truman cast himself in a political role which he hoped would win him sympathy. He pictured himself as the underdog fighting alone. As his crowds increased in numbers and outward enthusiasm, his attacks on Congress grew bolder. "If I'm wrong," he shouted, "you will have a chance to attend to me later on. But if I'm not wrong, you ought to attend to somebody else. . . You get just what you deserve...
Most thoughtful scientists are deeply worried about having their discoveries turned into weapons of war. They fear that they will be cast as the real villains of a World War III. This fear is well founded. Last week an anonymous* article in the Christian Century blasted the scientists as "modern mercenaries" who will serve any master, however evil, that helps them in their research...
...roof of the mouth. She has an oblique, individual beauty and a trained dancer's continuous grace. As a result, she jerks genuine tears during scenes which ordinarily cause Shakespeare's greatest admirers to sneak out for a drink. Compared with most of the members of the cast, she is obviously just a talented beginner. But she is the only person in the picture who gives every one of her lines the bloom of poetry and the immediacy of ordinary life...