Word: ear
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...however, the C.I.O. were, through some means, to throw Lewis out on his ear without deserting the stand of the union, the strike would stand a far better chance of gaining the victory that it merits. The loss of its bushy eyebrowed ex-president would be no loss to the C.I.O., for he ranks among the country's less popular individuals. His hatred of Roosevelt and intervention, and his dictatorial tendencies have not endeared him to the public...
...altered his Hamlet to the style of Cinemactor Robert Taylor. At his first appearance with the NBC Symphony last week, fading Stokowski,* master of the symphonic wow technique, dealt confusion to many a musician under him, and many a critic behind him: Stokowski's increasing preoccupation with inflated, ear-tickling orchestral sonorities seemed to have got out of hand...
...suggestion that a special scholarship fund be set up solely for the benefit of three-year men meets with fundamentally the same objections as drawing on the regular funds. It would mean ear-marking cash directly from the central office; curtailing expenses in another direction would be the result, and the University justifiably frowns on such. Using present loan funds is the method that University Hall has followed most often in aiding financially-dependent three-year students. But it is clear that such a procedure, if extended, would quickly become overloaded, and could not pretend to cover anything-like...
...Bailey's of "More Than You Know" on the phonograph and realized it even more acutely. Perhaps the radio and talkies had done the job, perhaps the demand for music for films, stage shows, juke-boxes, and all the other media through which the backneyed din reaches the public ear, has been too great. Output had to be stepped up, but the quality of the merchandise didn't matter...
...buck, because, it claimed, any stand would influence present negotiations between the CIO and "Little Steel" on the same issue. Meanwhile, the strike date was approaching, Mr. Roosevelt sent three letters to Lewis requesting that he hold off until a settlement could be reached, John L. turned a deaf ear, and the issue rode into its present crisis stage...