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Nathalia Crane, famed child-poet of the late '20s, joined the faculty of Manhattan's Hunter College, as a lecturer on "rhythm, meter, rime, tone color, diction, imagery, emotion and imagination in poetry." Now 28, she declared: "It's the first time any poet has had a chance to divulge all the secrets of poetry in a classroom...
...Mature perform agreeably, under a tight directorial rein. Miss Grable does not, as one enthusiastic studio publicist put it, "overcome the handicap of possessing one of the finest figures in the nation," but she is pleasantly subdued, works hard, neither sings nor dances. Mr. Mature, who occasionally slips his diction and looks as if he needs more sleep, is every inch the matinee idol (height, six-foot-two-and-a-half; weight, 198 Ib.; chest, 45 in.; waist, 33 in.). Says he: "Sometimes I can't see what the girls see in me. I'm revolting...
...three related poems are entitled " Vacation Excursions." Of these, the first is as good as anything he has published in the are less impressive because, in spite of occasional past, perhaps better. The second and third parts brilliant lines, they depend too much on general statement and generalized diction; but who would complain of this...
...Government to train R. A. F. pilots to speak clearly by radio telephone. His pronunciation handbooks are regarded as standard for the King's English pure and undefiled, and he wrote the Encyclopaedia Britannica article on pronunciation. Declaring that BBC announcers were "too haw haw" in their diction, he is responsible for the nickname "Lord Haw-Haw" given to Nazi Propagandist William Joyce...
...years ago goat-bearded, grey-haired H. (for Henry) Noyes McKay, itinerant instructor in sales psychology, fell ill, repaired to Berkeley, across the Bay from San Francisco, to recover his health. A linguist and lecturer, McKay amused himself during convalescence by studying the diction and grammar of newscasters and radio commentators...