Word: commenting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Nixon said, "we could make a no greater mistake than to brush off this event as a scientific stunt of more significance to the man in the moon than to men on earth." This was Nixon's first public comment on the satellite...
...peppered Jimmy ("Public Enemy No. 1") Hoffa, cudgeled Yugoslavia's Tito and the New York City board of education, ranged more or less merrily from the World Series to San Marino to Jayne Mansfield's bedipitus. Other dewatermelonization steps: ¶ reprint of a radio essay by CBS Commentator Eric Sevareid reflecting on the recent sad decline of quality in the Herald Tribune, and his hopes for a return to its "old heritage." ¶ A well-pruned letters column in a freshened format that substitutes breeze for wind. ¶ "They Say" an occasional skimming of notable quotes...
Lena Horne, excellent in and by herself, does not act well enough to carry interest into the plot. She sings as well as ever, particularly in "Push The Button," a satirical comment on Manhattan (there's a little island on the Hudson. . .), "Ain't It The Truth," and "I Don't Think I'll End It All Today." She can ride one word onto several notes as perfectly as she can move her body provocatively. Unfortunately, she has trouble weaving in and out of a Jamaica accent, often waiting to lean into Caribbean pronunciation and rhythm until just before...
...editors' criticism of candidate writings. "What if you disagree with a criticism?" The impeccable dresser answered again. "Well," he said, pulling at his lip, "humor is very nebulous and editors might even express contradictory opinions. But if you're broadminded you should be able to learn something from any comment. If you should sometime find a really asinine comment, it's quite all right to express your disagreement, but with tact." He smiled. "Yes, use tact." A few of the candidates smiled...
Despite the comment and lack of comment, the fact remains that Russia has done something that looks pretty impresive to the average man. A 180 pound ball is a small one, no doubt about that, but what will follow this? A 1,800 pound ball, then a 18,000 pound ball. When the satellites get that big it seems that the Russians might want to put little men in them and give the little men big guns...