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By this time, you probably know the yarn of the circus bear who ran away and discovered a Law of the Wild that Jack London must have missed: bears make love with a slap. Bongo's understanding of bearish tactics grows through many rounds of grizzly fistienffs, and he finally...

Author: By D. P. S., | Title: The Moviegoer | 10/24/1947 | See Source »

Stripped, however, of its editorial and production merits Mater Advocate stands perhaps a trifle embarrassedly exposed to the quibbler's truth about its literary worth. It is in the quality of featured creative writing that the publication's distinctive claim to excellence must lie. This time the copy looks good...

Author: By S. S. H, | Title: On the Shelf | 9/23/1947 | See Source »

Lauritz Melchior, great Dane of the Metropolitan Opera, sang Open the Door, Richard on a Kay Kyser radio show and got a chromatic catcall from the president of the National Association of Schools of Music for "debasing his art." Pooh, retorted jovial Heldentenor Melchior. If the musical stuffed shirts wanted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Words & Music | 3/10/1947 | See Source »

Died. Grace Moore, 45, bubbling, blonde hillbilly girl (selfstyled) who became one of the Metropolitan Opera's first-string divas (Mimi, Tosca), took Hollywood in stride (One Night of Love), toured operatic and concert stages the world over; in a plane crash; in Copenhagen (see FOREIGN NEWS).

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Feb. 3, 1947 | 2/3/1947 | See Source »

Soap operas, singing commercials, hillbilly music, and "too much talking" will make the average undergraduate turn elsewhere for his amusement according to information obtained by the Crimson Network in its recent college-wide radio listener poll.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pet Radio Peeves Are Soap Operas, Lady Announcers | 1/7/1947 | See Source »

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