Word: isn
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...sentimental editorial, the Times bade its swallowed rival farewell: "There was no feeling of exultation . . . rather the feeling was one of sorrow for the loss of a companion in the ranks of public service." But the Times's Publisher Elmer E. Todd, 74, minced no words: "There just isn't enough room for two afternoon papers in a city the size [pop. 475>332] of Seattle...
...Evans is too good a Presbyterian to be overly impressed by his church's new pre-eminence and the block-long queues that often form outside it on Sundays. Says he. "Mere size doesn't matter." He would like the world to realize "that Hollywood isn't just a glitter spot; it is also a remarkably Godly spot. The press has given a distorted picture of our community. There is an enormous spiritual hunger here, and one of the finest groups of people in the world. Do you know that more divinity students are coming from Hollywood...
Hearing the word "entertainment," Senator Ferguson grabbed at it with relief, looked around the packed room and shouted, "Where's Johnny Meyer?" Hughes said he didn't know, and laughed right in the Senator's face. Ferguson said grimly, "It isn't funny." He asked Hughes: "Will you bring Mr. Meyer in?" After a long pause Hughes replied coldly: "No, I don't think I will." The two men glared hard at each other, then Ferguson signed a subpoena for Expense Account Johnny...
...Catholicism should be in terms of school buses or political influence or the separation of church and state. . . . The really vital matter . . . is that for the modern man-and for the likes of me, if you please-the Roman Catholic Church has something to offer which Protestantism too generally isn't offering...
...morning, the dream blonde turns up in real life. Followed by an unmistakably lethal type, she boards Mitty's commuters' train and persuades him to protect her. By now Mitty isn't sure which world he is at large...