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...very great literary artist" but his tremendous vocabulary was often no help in describing uncongenial modern things. Shaw would suggest the right word, whereupon Morris would gasp with relief. Morris was infuriated with hecklers at debates, while Shaw courted them, so that Shaw would be put forward to demolish foolish questioners while Morris would retreat to the background, pulling his mustache and growling, "Damfool! Damfool!" Such assistance made Shaw feel as though he had given "a penny to a millionaire who has bought a newspaper and found his pockets empty." Spending much time in Morris' home, where the only...
...Rice, Dr. Parran and every other responsible social hygienist in the country admit that they cannot strike their enemy dead unless they first demolish the social custom which forbids public discussion of venereal diseases. Nowhere is this taboo more rigidly enforced than on the screen or in radio. Cinema producers are well aware that any reference to the subject, regardless of good motives or public purpose, will only make trouble for themselves. Columbia Broadcasting will not permit the word "syphilis" to go out over the air from its stations. National Broad casting this year gingerly permitted Dr. Parran...
...talking about the "last phase of the Depression" as early as the autumn of 1930. He can analyze other people's analyses with devastating results. Yet his own conclusions are often challenged, and his vision is sometimes curiously narrow. But given a popular economic delusion, he can demolish it in one swift paragraph. His prestige has grown uninterruptedly throughout Depression, while the stature of other economic prophets was shrinking rapidly. Today he is one of the most-quoted bank economists in the land...
...scalps hanging from a burdened belt, a string of broken records left in its wake, the Harvard team has reached an enviable standing. Yale as usual, has an unbeaten team. But Coach Ulen's corps may pull the bulldog's tusks out this time and cheerfully demolish the good-luck charm which has hung around his leathery neck during the past 150 meets...
...Deal has lost most of its momentum, and in the coming campaign both parties will probably talk of balancing the budget." However, Mr. Thomas feels that the Republicans will find it extremely hard to demolish the New Deal bureaucracy and cut off all relief, if they do win the election, and that they would probably end up by just changing the initials of the organizations and appointing Republican officers...