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...controls or else. Valentine put in a distress call for the price czars of World War II days-Leon Henderson, Paul Porter, Chester Bowles-and conferred earnestly with them for two days. He patched together some suggestions and sent them to Wilson. They were not enough. With a flick of his wrist, Mobilizer Wilson got Valentine fired and installed in his place Washington-wise Eric Johnston, $125,000-a-year boss of Hollywood's Hays office and ex-president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (see below). Before Johnston even got his feet planted under a bureaucratic desk...
...Fuqua-ing out loud," lamented the Sage, Flick-ing his cigarette and Storck-ing his stove. He gave Orders to his sidekick for a Stahura Shookey and settled back with this Oriental brew...
...Manhattan last week, Ring Jr. was on hand to represent the Hollywood Ten at a mass meeting scheduled by the Communist-run Civil Rights Congress to protest the treatment of "political prisoners" (including the eleven Communist leaders). Then the Korean war started. With the flick of a handbill, the Civil Rights Congress switched the meeting to a "Hands Off Korea" rally. Nobody seemed to mind...
Clearly, any edvances in the field of radio education must start in a spirit of experiment and must be backed by peculiarly idealistic sponsors with at least a little imagination. It is conceivable that someday you could flick the dial on your radio and hear something like this "...so just send in two box tops and 10 cents, ladies, and you will receive a neatly packaged, simplified version of Professor Kluckhohn's stimulating new text, "The Curious Habits of Navaho Married Couples.'" But it is also conceivable that radio could be a very strong educational force--especially for adults...
Ralph Richardson's acting skill creates a highly idealistic, moralistic, and intelligent egoist who seems to be smiling behind every sarcastic remark. Richardson can flick his cane, turn a phrase or look mildly amazed with almost quicksilver brilliance...