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...minded reasons for preserving in the case of the BBC a monopoly which, in any other field, they would [denounce] . . . Then there has been the unforgettable spectacle of politicians rising up ... to explain how their sensitive natures recoil from the vulgarity of commercial radio . . . It is rather as though Moll Flanders, confronted with the possibility of finding herself alone with a gentleman friend, should have fainted right away from shyness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: TV & Freedom | 8/3/1953 | See Source »

...substantially evaporated. Where did your sympathies lie in the West Point cheating exposure? My guess is it was with the boys who cheated rather than with the boys who told. In Hollywood's great contribution to culture--the gangster pictures--the audience without doubt is emotionally against the moll who squeals and is with the mob. In brief, the cop who spits never arrest a spitter. By and large, a human being only tells on those who violate the folkways of his own group...

Author: By William M. Beccher, David W. Cudhen, Michael O. Finkelstein, Milton S. Gwirtzman, Ronald P. Kriss, J. ANTHONY Lukas, and Michael Maccoby., COPYRIGHT 1953 BY THE HARVARD CRIMSONS | Title: Education and the Fifth Amendment | 6/10/1953 | See Source »

...story is simply what happens when an honest cop tries to take a star witness, widow of a notorious Capone-like character, to the coast to testify before the Grand Jury. Naturally, the boys in Chi would rather this moll didn't live to sing. But uncorruptible and battling, if a little dim-witted, the forces of virtue and justice...

Author: By Lawrence D. Savadove, | Title: The Narrow Margin | 6/16/1952 | See Source »

Cinemactress Joan Crawford burbled happily to Chicago reporters about her first independently produced picture, Sudden Fear: "It's wonderful to be casting myself. For 20 years I have been a gangster's moll. At last I am wellborn. I'm a novelist, yes, a successful novelist. You don't think I'd play an unsuccessful novelist in my first picture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Personal Preferences | 5/26/1952 | See Source »

...freshmen moved into the lead in the third quarter and kept it when end Walt Bregman blocked a Governor Dummer kick and fell on it in the end zone. This time, Fyock circled end for the extra point. The final score came in the fourth period, when halfback Ed Moll bucked over from the 2-yard line. Fyock converted, giving the Yardlings a 20 to 7 advantage...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yardling 'B's Top Dummer by 20-7 | 11/17/1951 | See Source »

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