Word: isn
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Schizophrenia means "cleft mind"-in other words, to be of two minds. Who, including your faceless reviewer, isn't? . . . "Science fiction may"-note the on-the-one-hand indecision-"be bad science and worse fiction," says he; yet our writers include neurologists, astronomers, engineers, physicists, chemists, etc., and many superb stories that have appeared in Galaxy rate as masterpieces...
...water was full of drifting ice floes. 'You're going to run for the U.S. Senate, Richard Neuberger,' said Maurine, 'if you get only two votes -yours and mine. I've made up my mind that the man who beat the oil-foreducation bill isn't going back to Washington unchallenged...
...cosmetics, one of the sponsors of Satins and Spurs, were saddest of all. Groaned a Bishop adman: "We're calling that show Nails and Coffins. We were afraid the rating would be low, but we never dreamed it would be that low. The whole idea of spectaculars just isn't going to go-it's the most unfortunate name ever coined." NBC President Pat Weaver, creator and coiner of TV spectaculars, blamed the failure on timing: "It's hard to get word to the public about a one-shot show, particularly before the season really gets...
Actually, of course, the Cornell team, which suffered a stunning upset at the hands of Colgate last week, isn't taking the Crimson any more lightly than the Crimson is taking UMass this afternoon. And nothing could be more serious than the attitude of the varsity staff and squad...
...more than routine shoddiness now feature the word "hell" in their titles. The Johnson office, apparently chastened by legal fiat and public demand, puts up with this back-fence marquee scribbling and would presumably make allowances for some spicy content in the plots. But the Legion of Decency, which isn't for one moment fooled by all this talk of liberal standards and progressively adult entertainment, just won't tolerate more than surface rudeness. This is probably just as well because the depths of Hollywood's taste have not been plumbed since Francis X. Bushman was playing juvenile leads...