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...more-intelligent-companion theory was seconded by several Lake Waban dwellers, who saw in college a training- ground for the responsibilities of marriage, rather than a detriment...
...real heart of the play's appeal remained in the part of Falstaff, perhaps to the detriment of the remainder. Two of the plotters' scenes were almost cast to the winds by rushing and sloppiness, and the historical sections in general did not hang together perfectly. What makes the production worth anyone's trip to Sanders is its entertainment, its solid and complex appeal as done by the H.T.W...
...trashifying literature." Along with Hollywood he lumped "the best-seller system and the book clubs which tend to standardize reading tastes on a mediocre level. Writers go to Hollywood thinking they can improve the medium. They can't. The medium destroys them. The compromise always works to their detriment. This is particularly bad for talented young writers who can't resist Hollywood gold at a time when they would normally be struggling along on a shoestring. Money corrupts them. They are not free. Finally they settle down to the Hollywood formula...
...main flaws are, actually, those of the novel. The main difference is that while Frederic Wakeman had a Message, and to the detriment of his novel, spelled it out in overly large letters for Book-of-the-Month Club buyers, the moviemakers have felt impelled almost to club his point home to any cretin who wanders into the theater. Despite this fact, you will find yourself in sympathy with the bright young man who makes his way in the "game" with a front compounded of sincere ties and a fetching spiel. You will find it not at all difficult...
...independent and five A.F.L. maritime unions, meeting in Washington, roundly rejected "Communists as traitors to the nation and a detriment to the solid permanency of a United States merchant marine...