Word: masters
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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David emphasized that these men, although under government provision, will now be awarded degrees upon successful completion of their courses. During the war emergency, he recalled, the Business School was entirely taken over by the services, and no one enrolled at that time was eligible for the Master's Degree...
Americans who doubt that the Kremlin has a master plan would do well to observe the flexibility with which it has adapted its methods of control to its strength in the satellite countries. Thus, in Finland, Soviet control, while strong, is practically invisible. In Czechoslovakia, where Communists have tight control of the government, there is a high degree of popular democracy. Yugoslavia, with its Communist dictatorship, is practically a part of the Soviet Union. In Rumania, where Communists are 2% of the population, it has moved cautiously...
Bach: Three Part Inventions (Erno Balogh, pianist; Disc, 6 sides). The master's 15 instruction exercises turned into bubbling little masterpieces by a fastidious musician. First U.S. recording. Performance: good...
...need for teachers of "intellectual capacity [and] kindling personality": "They tell . . . of a sacred studies master who was trying to instill into the head of a rather dumb pupil the meaning of a certain parable, and he finally said, 'What is the matter with your brains, anyhow? The simple peasants of Galilee understood. . . .' And the boy floored him by answering, 'Yes, sir, but [they] had a pretty good teacher...
...built in Norman times, spent a small fortune modernizing it, soon became known for their lavish parties. For one party, V.E. reportedly imported 300 guests from the U.S., paying their fares both ways. For such didos he won the somewhat dubious title of "The King of Glory." He became master of the exquisitely manicured Woodland Pytchley Hounds, fox-hunted with the Prince of Wales and the present King George, consorted with the Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin (see cut). (At the end of his English period he was also divorced from his wife, who married a mutual friend, then divorced...