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...best: the Kingfish owlishly taking his Army medical exam) are expertly staged and played. Despite a protest from the directors of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People* that such shows "tend to strengthen the conclusions among uninformed or prejudiced people that Negroes ... are inferior, lazy, dumb and dishonest," the TV Amos 'n' Andy seems set for a long and profitable run. Commercials: unobtrusive filmed spots in praise of Blatz beer...
...students; that discipline, in the sense of both control of conduct and the process of directed training, is frowned upon as coercive and damaging to the personalities of students. In short, the critics say that under the impact of modern education, the schools are turning out an inferior product...
...There are Russian colonies now as far south as Kunming and Canton, and there is apparently never a train running in all China on which Russians do not take up a large part of the first-class carriages. Russian consumer goods have begun to appear, and Russian gasoline of inferior quality has made its way as far south as Shanghai, where it has been selling for around $4 (U.S.) a gallon (one good reason why there are only about 500 privately owned cars left in the city...
...Cosmography 1930" Maciver declares that the tropics are inferior to the temperate zones. In the tropics, he says, "degeneration of mind sets in quickly and those who loudly proclaim their equality are usually the victims of syphilitic blood, miscegenation, or other things that lower the standard of ethical conduct...
Bring the U.S., British and other navies down on the inferior Japanese navy. Captain Truman: Send U.S. and other troops to Manchuria. Let the Japanese navy alone. Do not attack Japanese supply lines to Manchuria...