Word: concerns
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...program will concern itself chiefly with Mike's efforts to rehabilitate the erring brother of Carol, a girl of good family for whom he has a spiritual admiration. Michael will also remain in Big Sister's show while starring in his own until he can be gracefully written out. Meanwhile Big Sister (Actress Alice Frost) will participate in a couple of Michael's programs, more or less to show him around...
Watching to see whether the Japanese would go north or south, or both, British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden said: "Any action that would threaten the integrity or independence of Thailand would be a matter of concern to this country, particularly as a threat to the security of Singapore. I hope these words will be heeded...
...again, when U.S. airplane production was a major U.S. concern, FORTUNE devoted its April 1941 issue to U.S. aircraft production. This one ran to 240 pages, and was crammed with figures of flight, with colored photographs of fighting planes in the air, with charts showing how bombs drop, with maps of the world's airlines and with intricate diagrams, explaining yaw, windstreams and something called a "compressibility burble" which was said to be essential to flight. The U.S. in the air seemed to be equal to any test put upon it: the U.S. had enough technical experience, enough trained...
Armament production to protect East India rubber, tin, oil, is of immediate defense concern to the U.S. So is the fact that Universal's new, rapidly expanding rifle and machine-gun capacity could, in case of need, be turned to making guns for U.S. defense. Equally important, providing many a valuable lesson for other emergency producers, is the way Universal sped into production...
Advertisement. "Many animals, far from being concealingly colored, are very conspicuous objects in nature." Brightness is often used by animals for sexual or signaling purposes, but Cott's concern is only with the relations of prey and predator. As a rule, if an animal advertises its presence, it is a good bet that a predator wouldn't want it anyway. Birds and fishes are likely to mistake inanimate objects for the insects on which they feed, so they can easily mistake an unpalatable insect for a tasty one-unless the former distinguishes himself by loud red, orange...