Word: moons
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...limits for the granting of such increases. C.I.O. and A.F. of L. promptly howled that the Vinson formula was "completely unworkable," rolled up their sleeves for a shindig. That brought a new figure into the play. Will Davis' place as WLB chairman had been taken by roly-poly, moon-faced Dr. George William Taylor, longtime vice chairman of the Board. Dr. Taylor, a professor of labor relations at the University of Pennsylvania, wasted no time putting his ex-boss up on the edge of the frying pan. At week's end he announced that he would...
...rather stodgily to the screen, no matter how faithful the adaptation. Oscar Wilde's famed and fancy morality legend is an exception. Its epigrams speak even more sharply than they read, and its dramatic essence is vividly visual. But though Writer-Director Albert Lewin, who also did The Moon and Sixpence (TIME, Oct. 19, 1942) deserves respect for a notably hard try, and though his Picture has some elegance, interest and excitement, it falls far short of what it should have been...
Down in the Great Smoky country of Tennessee, the mountain folk tell tall tales about black nights when witch boys mount the bald eagle's back to glide over jutting stone peaks. "Dark of the Moon" captures the God-fearing earthiness of the hill people, and puts a thoroughly American legend on the stage with poetic artistry, pungent humor, and lusty music straight from the core of native balladry...
Following "Oklahoma" and "Sing Out, Sweet Land," "Dark of the Moon" stands out as an utterly different variety of Americana that banks for its appeal not on song or humor or tone alone, but on a coherent blend of the three. It steals into the imagination in a salty sort of way at the opening curtain and leaves one feeling he has really glimpsed a hearty chunk of our nation's spirit...
...breakfast egg produced by our unsuspecting cook was as disturbingly vertical. We shall not feel quite the same after that breakfast. We asked if hens are fed different food, perhaps BB shot, at this time of year? There was no evidence. Bizarre theories, having to do with the moon's pull, were frowned upon. Even Jimmy Wei, sprightly sage of the Ministry of Information, had no information. "Why try to explain in one day," he asked practically, " what has not been explained in four thousand years...