Word: impactions
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Last Time I Saw Paris, as millions of Americans danced, drank, played bridge, collided in automobiles, sloshed through the East's thickest blizzard in six years or gave thanks that California's record rain had stopped; as the millions who have as yet felt no impact of the war prayed or played; as on any other Saturday night, with the children bathed and in bed and the old folks nodding by the radio, the U. S. went about its usual concerns, while the Senate took a great step into the dark...
...hair turned a shade greyer on the heads of many elder statesmen when ex-Fellow Traveler MacLeish was appointed Librarian of Congress. A Time to Speak, a collection of MacLeish prose of the past decade, should reassure all but the most skittish. Though the original journalistic impact of some of the pieces has been softened by time, most of them show that even in the days of his most furious fellow-traveling Poet MacLeish was chiefly interested in asserting the importance of the poet's role in a world of social change...
...over the U. S., manufacturing towns were changing overnight under the impact of orders for defense; in Army camps the first 128,000 drafted men were in training; the U. S. armament program was in second gear-and only the White House knew how well or how badly it was going. Beyond U. S. borders, beyond the Western Hemisphere, events hung in the balance from Ankara to the borders of Indo-China-but only the White House knew how greatly U. S. action could affect their outcome. The President had long, since stated to the U. S. the meaning...
...compete with the organ in fullness and richness of tone. The combination of the harp and organ, which I have never heard, should certainly be an unusual one, if not downright peculiar. It is hard to imagine the sustained, bellows quality of the organ blending with the string-like impact of a harp, but both of Mr. Grandjany's compositions utilize the two together; and hearing it should be a novel experience. Another bizarre combination of instruments is found in the Poulenc Concerto, where the organ and string-orchestra are supplemented by a set of Kettle Drums. It is impossible...
About 1,000 times a week over 20 stations throughout the country, these sentiments are sung by a character called Gaston, whose recorded outbursts are sponsored by Chateau Martin wine. Few jingles have made such an impact on the U. S. Variations on Gaston's theme are popular in nightclubs, his antics have formed the background of several skits, and his slogan "I am NUTS about the good old Oo Ess Ay" is incessantly echoed among the nation's small...