Word: good
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Loomis School's Nathaniel Batchelder, 69, stiff-backed headmaster of the Connecticut boys' school. Harvardman Batchelder helped plan the school which five childless members of Connecticut's Loomis family (merchants, lawyers, teachers, divines) decided to found so "that some good may come to posterity through the harvest ... of our lives." As the squirish "Mr. B.", he spent 35 years of his life turning Loomis into one of the top U.S. prep schools...
...this respect for the individual, which we learn from Christ and practice in our church meeting, we stand for political and religious freedom, for economic justice, for racial equality and for equality of the sexes. But we stand not less for the responsibility of every individual for the good of any fellowship of which he is a member...
...Oriental kudzu (rhymes with good zoo) stops erosion, enriches the soil, is good for grazing...
Magicians' Money. Nothing wounds Dunninger so much as this sort of skepticism. Because of it, his relations with his brother magicians are not good. "Ethics are tossed aside these days," he muses sadly. He feels that it is especially unethical of his rivals to charge that his mind-reading act is a trick. Occasionally he offers to bet $10,000 that no one can duplicate his "brainbusters." One of his detractors, Richard Himber, bandleader and amateur magician, has countered with an offer to bet $100,000 that Dunninger can't read his mind. Dunninger's reply...
...great shakes as either drama or suspense, Roughshod nevertheless exhibits several very good reasons why Director Robson, now making movies for Samuel Goldwyn, is one of the most sought after young directors in the business...