Word: means
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Since the transaction, WBMS has gone toward the black--and, in the opinion of many of its listeners, gone downhill as well. Its programs rely heavily on the playing of short, and often inferior Rombergish selections, and are surfeited with mediocre commercials. Longer symphonic works mean less space for commercial plugs, and have therefore dropped to second place in programming. Listener reaction has been sharp: "The trouble is," says Program Director John Thornton, "that people expect a lot, and give nothing in return. When the Endowment Series was discontinued, we received over a thousand letters from our listeners...
...their withdrawal of support from the annual meeting of Hollywood's Mutual Admiration Society. Since the machinery that goes into the awarding of "Oscars" is complicated and expensive (all nominated films must be privately shown for the Academy's 5,000 members who then vote by mail) this could mean the death of the Great Gelded Gewgaw. And a good thing that would...
...Secretary of State last January, Dean Acheson picked Pan American Day.* In the Council chamber of the white marble building the delegates to the Organization of American States awaited him. They hoped that he would use the occasion to spell out what President Truman's Point Four would mean in economic aid to their countries...
...Cool Fourth. This year the Abbot forecast was taken out and dusted off. Dr. Loyal B. Aldrich, now head of the Observatory, reported: "On.48 occasions, warmer dates occurred between the dates specified, and . . . the mean excess found thus...
...Masters a fortnight ago, looking younger than he did three years ago, baby-faced Byron said cheerfully: "I just came over to have some fun." But he didn't really mean it. Last week, at 37, the man once famed for his iceberg nerves and his carefully stylized mechanical swing announced that he was back for some tournaments on the summer tour...