Word: mentions
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...your article on Roy Roberts of the Kansas City Star [TIME, Feb. 24], you neglected to mention the great pulse of public opinion. When the Star and Times were "bedridden" it was tough not to see what Li'l Abner was doing. However, nine out of ten people then and now would drop the Star like a hot potato if any other kind of daily sheet would only come to town. The people's prayer is: please, God, send one, so we can have both sides of an issue and not have just what one paper likes shoved...
...Harvard have been in the College sufficiently long to discover what is expected of them on examinations. With the initial need for hour exams removed, they are now discovered to be the source of a good deal of confusion and frustration for both student and Faculty. Mention of Mr. Bender's report recalls his concern with the inordinate emphasis many undergraduates have been placing on exams and on paper grades. Certainly such a concern may be deemed paradoxical when viewed in the light of the College's continued insistence on hour examinations for all undergraduates. The deteriorative influence of such...
...usual both with his mother's pride & pleasure and her occasional sharpness of tongue. She was waiting expectantly to hear his radio speech from Mexico-once she had confided: "I'm not a giggly woman, but I can't help smiling when people cheer at the mention of Harry's name...
...biographical series on U.S. musicmakers (Till the Clouds Roll By, Night & Day, The Jolson Story, etc.). As the Dorsey parents, Sara Allgood and Arthur Shields turn empty roles into sincere performances, and brothers Jimmy and Tommy manage to impersonate themselves without noticeable strain. But there is no mention of the expensive Frank Sinatra, who once sang for Tommy (1939-42). And the famed Dorsey feud, which absorbs a good deal of the story, finally becomes as tedious to sit in on as any other family quarrel. Moreover, the picture is not as distinguished musically as might be expected. One thing...
Marshall gave a news conference a paraphrase of the Russian note which made no mention of delay...