Word: giving
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...read with interest the article concerning Eugene Stefan, the D.P., and how union men went on strike to give his job to another [TIME, Aug. 15]. Omaha, indeed, must be quite a city. No doubt the 300 strikers and Labor Leader Preble must feel rather proud of themselves for having secured the job for a "real American" instead of a foreigner...
...Fair Jury." The Communist protest was serious enough to give pause to trial-worn Judge Harold R. Medina. He recessed court for a day to consider the matter. Closer study, however, showed that Carol's diary was not the earth-shaking thing it purported to be. While Janney did complain often that he was tired of testimony about Marxism-Leninism, he added once: "I guess I'd be tired of hearing capitalist theory if they were talking about it . . ." Another time he said: "We have a fair jury . . . they won't be swayed or prejudiced by personal...
...anti-Socialist Economist has all but gone Socialist; when it criticizes the Labor government, anti-Socialists in the U.S. cite the Economist as an authority to show that Socialism is no good. "From this dilemma there is only one escape," wrote the Economist, "and that is, for once, to give both sides of every medal...
...failed twice before. Daubed with grease, Philip entered the forbidding water at Cap Gris Nez. Buffeted by squalls and strong tides, he was urged again & again by his father in a rowboat to give up. But Philip would not. Twenty-three hours and 48 minutes after the start, he waded ashore at Kingsdown, near Deal...
...McCoy, Roseanna is a moderately entertaining movie. It successfully avoids the bearded cliches of most hillbilly fiction and sticks to a safe middle road between authenticated history and conservative Hollywood tradition. Highlight of the picture is Miss Evans, Sam Goldwyn's latest personal find, whose natural, unadorned charm gives an appealing homespun finish to the slick production. To back her up, Goldwyn also contributed the talents of some distinguished veterans, notably Raymond Massey and Aline MacMahon as the elder McCoys, and Charles Bickford and Hope Emerson as Anse and Levisa Hatfield. Their performances, together with that of Miss Evans...