Word: familiarization
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...characteristic cry, "Haro! Haro!" . . . became the especial property of the troubadours, clowns and jongleurs . . . Today, it is the familiar circus cry, "Hay Rube!" or "Hey Rube!" which calls on everyone connected with the circus to come to the aid of the one to whom wrong is done...
...daddy' the thing," charged George, "and the Democrats did not 'daddy' it nor 'mammy' it. The Communists are entitled to the credit." On an even keel-"The bill we are discussing raises a fundamental issue of government," he said and he raised the familiar issue of states' rights. "There are honorable Senators who will say that such a law is working very well in certain states." But he was against the government attempting to force moral attitudes upon 150 million citizens. "I myself do not undertake to point out how government can make...
Very evident was his great respect for the word, the actual lyric. He had excellent diction, and used none of the familiar winks, grimaces, and gestures. Depending solely on the songs for effect throughout the performances. He translated as many of the foreign songs as he could, because, as he explained, "original lyric is rot"--the song is ineffective unless the audience understands it. This disregard for accent extended to his singing Negro songs "straight...
...career had followed a somewhat familiar path. Born in South Carolina, educated at Columbia University, Keyserling went to Harvard Law School. From there he entered the murky Washington labyrinth by way of Henry Wallace's AAA. He helped frame the Wagner Act. He worked his way onward & upward through the Housing agencies. He mastered the gobbledygook of economic language and the fast footwork needed for intramural debate. He learned to jump out from behind corners, making Keynesian faces at businessmen. In 1946, with a boost from Harry Truman, he landed on the newly constituted...
...Post-Herald, making its bow this week, combined the staffs as well as the names of the two old papers, although 200 persons lost their jobs. The Post-Herald carried the familiar Scripps-Howard lighthouse on Page One, and was edited by a Scripps-Howard holdover, 49-year-old James E. Mills. But under the 30-year contract signed by the Hanson and Howard interests, more than 80% of the annual gross profits (up to $3,000,000) from the new paper will go to the Hansons. Yet the deal was the best Howard could make under the circumstances...