Word: isn
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...last column I discussed the irrationality of a beat Hitler policy which isn't based on a very definite prospectus of the means by which it is to be achieved. This week I want to consider the irrationality of a program adopted with no definite idea of its ultimate end. As far as I can see, we have made no effort to see this war as a world revolution, but are plunging along on the theory, "he hit me, so I hit him back." National discussion today revolves about the efficacy of our program from a completely starry-eyed point...
...catch some publicity from the first stages of the war. Tyrone Power enlists in the R.A.F. primarily to show off a smart uniform to chorine Betty Grable. She can't choose between plain love from Tyrone and love with a ring from his commander. Miss Grable's acting still isn't as much above par as her legs, but she is improving rapidly. Power has added a wicked leer to his own somewhat dramatic achievements...
Today, the Glee Club isn't anywhere near as well off as it was in the boom days, but it is still financially self-sufficient. All concerts and trips are planned by a salaried undergraduate, and all profits are placed in a steadily growing Glee Club Trust Fund...
...rise in purchasing power isn't enough. A planned adjustment of resources will be necessary to avoid dangerous inflation." He emphasized that we must begin to plan now for the changeover from a wartime to a peacetime economy...
...Hollywood. To earn a living he started a dancing school. Meanwhile, he settled on his daughter's future-motion pictures. Says he: "There was more money in it. and it provided the only logical future for Rita." But Rita, who can be exceedingly lethargic about things she isn't interested in, was not interested in dancing. Eduardo understood that, too. At 13, unknown to his father, he had trained to be a bullfighter. Just before his first fight, Father Antonio found out and yanked him off the bill. He became a dancer...