Word: effectively
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Hollywood has takes ever Jenny's story with results that although generally good, bog down rather sadly in one particular--a mistaken impression that a point made ones can be made fifth times. The plot is largely the same as Nathan left it, but whereas Nathan achieved his timeless effect unobtrusively, the movie continually harps on the strange by-products of Jenny's memory and her miraculous ability to hop about in time...
...attitude of the Youth for Democracy has been unfortunate, to put it mildly. Its challenge of the good faith of the Radcliffe administration is neither justifiable nor in good taste. No one can believe that the RAYD has been forced out of existence by hostile authorities. The RAYD in effect chose to disband by rejecting a sensible solution to the problem of secret membership. Whatever bad faith is involved in the matter lies squarely on the Youth for Democracy, not on the rest of Radcliffe...
...cost of a national health service had originally been estimated at ?100 million annually, then revised upwards an additional ?61 million by the time the plan went into effect last July. Now, eight months later, Health Minister Aneurin ("Nye") Bevan announced that the Health Service would need ?58,455,000 more than its budget had planned. Thundered Winston Churchill: "Grossest carelessness . . . wild miscalculations...
...annual report showed why it had no choice. Though its sales had increased 24% to $341,500,000, its 1948 profit, before taxes, had risen only 2%. And after taxes, the profit of $10 million was little more than half that of 1947, when no taxes were paid. In effect, K-F could not afford to cut prices because it was making less than...
Paul Des Marais' Fantasy for two pianos ended the program. The piece shows many original ideas, some of them quite effective. Part of this effect, however, was lost by repetition in the opening Maestoso section of the Fantasy, which seemed somewhat too long. The handling of the two-piano combination is quite successful, and the performance by Luise Vosgerchian and Des Marais was, to say the least, authoritative...