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...Although Clifford Odets's "Night Music" echoes with protest, this time neither capitalist system nor class is the object of attack. Odets has taken in a far larger scope; his newest play concerns the struggle of the individual with a world that is constantly oppressive. Exuberant and brash, it criticizes the contemporary "wasteland" and glorifies a life in which human nature runs free. For Odets the answer lies in youth with its comic overtones and serious ideals. It is a play tempered with bitterness but full of hope...

Author: By L. L., | Title: The Playgoer | 2/10/1940 | See Source »

...Joseph Davies to be Mr. Hull's special assistant was nothing more than the establishment by the Administration of a rich Washington lobby to resell Congress the trade agreement principle when the power to make agreements expires in June. And 17 blocks east, a handsome, jibjawed Republican Representative, Clifford Hope of Garden City, Kan., was reporting to House G. O. P. Pilot Joseph William Martin Jr. of Massachusetts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: Saint In Serge | 1/8/1940 | See Source »

...Alan F. Clifford '41 of Peace Dale, Rhode Island and Arthur H. Northrup '42 of Indianapolis, Indiana received the Samuel Sewall scholarships which were founded in 1698. The Mary Saltonstall scholarships were given to Joseph P. Lyford '41 of Westport, Connecticut and Edward J. Pols, Jr. '40 of Newark, New Jersey. These awards were established in 1733 for "Juniors and Seniors in Harvard College (always dissenters...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EIGHT STUDENTS GIVEN SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS | 10/30/1939 | See Source »

Another example of the newspaper artist at a high peak of excellence is Clifford McBride, creator of "Napoleon and Uncle Elby." His ability to express real with by men as of the drawings themselves, together with his subtle control over line in order to bring out character, can be equaled by no other artist in this particular field. It is not my intention to establish these men as great artists; they are, however, worth special notice because they are craftsmen who can be placed in a category well above that of the simple illustrator. It is well to remember...

Author: By Jack Wiiner, | Title: Collections & Critiques | 10/23/1939 | See Source »

Dropping his vacation on the Riviera, dusky, fortyish Prince Sisowath Moni-vong of Cambodia, small State of south Indo-China, enlisted in the French Army for the duration. Two U. S. aviators disputed priority in enlisting with French forces: Clifford H. de Roode, former pilot in the Lafayette Escadrille, now attached to the First Regiment of Foreign Infantry; and Steele Powers, a 27-year-old Atlanta, Ga. boy, who was accepted immediately, sent to the front, saw action within two weeks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: War Work | 9/25/1939 | See Source »

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