Word: forma
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...cross between a tabloid and a magazine, came out during the strike. PM did not capitalize on the situation by turning itself into a real newspaper, but succeeded in quadrupling its 150,000 circulation by being the only paper on most stands and offering a pro forma digest of the other papers' chief comics and columns. (Sample: "Westbrook Pegler: He's still yammering about 'union racketeers'; George Sokolsky: He's not worth quoting either.") The city was forced to depend for most of its news on radio stations, which expanded newscasts and quoted from comics...
Mowrer will speak on "The War and future", drawing for his material from his world wide experience as a writer. College students are invited to attend the talk, which is sponsored by the Radcliffe forma...