Word: isn
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...have always refrained from joining the controversies which arise whenever Roman Catholic doctrine is mentioned. But now I feel it is time for a layman to assure the Rt. Rev. Ernest Barnes [TIME, May 23], as well as many an American countryman that, to my certain knowledge, the church isn't operating a stud farm. Never have I been adjured, by priest or layman, to have a "child a year" or every two years, for that matter...
...solve this problem," said the bartender, "would be for the King to abdicate and let his son Baudouin come back and be King. We hear young Baudouin isn't too bright, but who the hell wants a bright King? Only it looks as if it isn't going to happen because our King is a stubborn, bitter...
...that establishment) painstakingly immortalized in the story "How I Blew My Lunch Money." If this small clique-claque is the audience for which the Lampoon is written, then this story of a champagne picnic in a rented dump-truck, should hit the spot. However, as humorous writing, it just isn...
That is true of most of the other stories, as well. First, the writing in itself is not funny and too often the plot, which could be secondary in a good bit of humorous writing, isn't worthy of telling. And, second, there is little pleasure to be found in the mere style of the various contributors. The writer of this issue's editorial and a past contributor to the "At the Pleasure" series, is an exception to this latter, however...
...half that stayed home ought to make the trip while it still can. Astaire and Rogers assure any musical of success. When you add to them the comic talents of Edward Everett Horton, Eric Blore, and Helen Broderick and the music of Irving Berlin ("top Hat," "Isn't This a Lovely Day to Be Caught In the Rain," and "Dancing Cheek to Cheek") it's like insuring the Rock of Gilbraltar against erosion...