Word: extended
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...dialogue and an amusing plot. The plot, however, though it has possibilities, is hidden under a dearth of funny remarks. In addition to this, the director is completely lacking in any tense of timing or say appreciation for the subtler side of enjoyment; his sense of humor does not extend far beyond the limits of the delayed response, or much higher than the level of 23 skidoo. The acting of the film is passable though not exceptional, particularly since no great histrionic capabilities are necessary...
John H. Welsh Jr., for a study of the metabolism of acetylcholine, undertaking to extend and relate studies on acetylcholine (undertaking to extend and relate studies on acetylcholine), in the invertebrates to the so-called "higher animals...
...Axis Powers is near at hand, said President Conant yesterday in his first public address since returning from England two weeks ago. Speaking before the twenty-fourth annual meeting of the American Council on Education, in Washington, he reiterated that it is of paramount importance for this country to extend all possible aid to Britain, "not excluding steps that might necessitate active belligerency, when the strategists so advise." He is expected to elaborate on this problem tomorrow, in a scheduled radio talk on "When Shall America Fight...
Against these still remote possibilities, Admiral Sadler told what the Navy is doing to extend its Pacific defenses: four bases for patrol seaplanes, also usable for Navy light craft. Farthest flung will be Ecuador's Galapagos Islands, astride the Equator, 1,000 miles from the Big Ditch. There, in a twelve-island archipelago fantastically storied as a haven for pirates and more modern escapists, Navy airmen will set up patrol bases, scan the Pacific to south, west and north. Another base will be set up 550 miles north of the Galapagos, on deserted Cocos Island, a favorite picnic stop...
...opinion," telegraphed Green to John W. Darr '41 of the Council for Democracy in Education, "there is no justification for the discrimination practised by the Academy. I extend to you the support of the American Federation of Labor in your efforts to correct the wrong which was committed and to prevent the practice of race discrimination...