Word: commented
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...what the hell is Pegler for?" Then an N.M.U. committee tramped to the office of Lee B. Wood, World-Telegram executive editor, handed him a statement which protested the "vile, Nazi-like statements by ... Westbrook Pegler." When Editor Wood had no comment, he was threatened by an N.M.U. spokesman: "You people better watch out. If you don't remove this guy you'll have more than picket lines around this office...
...years old, the expert has been painting--water colors, oils, pencil drawings, even etchings--but his favorite is pastel work. He paints things as he sees them, "realistically," he says, and he hates "modern stuff." "Symbols and bright colors don't make a painting," is his comment--"I'd rather have the paint in a tube...
Fred Beck's trick is to belittle his merchandise. This is a sure-fire way to attract attention in Los Angeles. Typical Beck comment: "Our tomatoes are tasteless. We'll let you know when they are good again." Readers, who like his frankness, jam the 84-stall market from 9 to 6 every...
Like the owners, workers were at first skeptical, sometimes antagonistic. A common suspicion was that the Church was trying to keep the workers quiet. Typical comment now: "Thank God the Church is doing something at last...
...august London Times and ultra-conservative Daily Telegraph wrote no editorials on the Viceroy's address. But other British newspapers did comment, and their attitude had more significance for the future than Linlithgow's righteous words...