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Word: goodman (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...years on radio, Easy Aces won some fanatically enthusiastic fans (including Comic Fred Allen and Humorist James Thurber), but it never climbed into the Hooperating Top Ten or struck most network executives as hilariously funny. When Goodman Ace, 50, was fired two years ago by CBS, a sympathetic vice president tried to soften the blow by saying : "I'll tell you a secret-we haven't got a man who understands comedy." Ace replied: "I'll tell you a secret-that's no secret...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: A Homey Little Thing | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

This decision was made at last night's Council meeting during a discussion of the Rules for Undergraduate Organizations which the Councils is now revising. Council Treasurer Roy M. Goodman '51 proposed the study as a means of clarifying future policy on the participation of the girls in Colleges groups...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Council Joins Radcliffe in Study of Girls' Role in College Organizations | 12/13/1949 | See Source »

...Mark L. Goodman '53 also a host, didn't "want to say anything about the party, except that the Conants were very gracious and interesting...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: President and Mrs. Conant Sip Tea in Freshmen's Room | 12/9/1949 | See Source »

Among the still unorganized graduate student Federalists who will become charter members of the new organization is Joseph Wheeler 1G, former president of the World Student Federalists. Other charter members will include Richard Goodman 1G, former chairman of the UWF at Williams College, and Lee Williams, former president of the Princeton chapter...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: World Federalists Form Club for Grads Tonight After Sohn Speech | 12/7/1949 | See Source »

Through a shrewd winnowing of repetitious and overwritten pieces, Editor Goodman manages to show Hearn at his best, but still does not succeed in lifting him into the first rank of19th Century U.S. writers. Lafcadio Hearn's brightest virtues were the human compassion that sweetened all of his work, and his ability to spin out atmosphere like yard after yard of fine Japanese silk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Passionate Pilgrim | 12/5/1949 | See Source »

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