Word: musts
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Amsterdam . . . I took no part, or only a small part, in the 'ecumenical movement,' indeed had all kinds of criticisms to make of it, since all 'movements' as such have always been and still are somewhat suspect in my eyes. But in this case I must confess, using the words in their ordinary sense, 'My mind has changed...
...office (in 1933), and his attacks have helped unsettle at least three cabinets. Two years ago, David Kung, son of former Finance Minister H. H. Kung and nephew of Madame Chiang, was accused of illegal financial manipulations. Editor Kung's (no kin) shocking headline: DAVID KUNG MUST BE KILLED TO STABILIZE THE PEOPLE'S HEART...
...short on personal items and society notes because its staff had been temporarily cut in half. Explained Editor William Buckley on Page One: "The Editor's wife, who goes around picking up loose ends after the Editor, is a good eight months pregnant and the doctor says she must take things easy from here on out. That means the number of loose ends she picks up is considerably diminished ... If there is something you want in the paper, or if you know of some little tidbit that's newsy, drop us a line or call into the office...
...Oscar Wagner, onetime dean of the Juilliard Graduate School, who went to Los Angeles to help, put White's idea into whole tones: "The day is gone when all a fellow needed was a little talent, a velvet collar and long hair. Now he must have a more versatile education and that's what we're working toward...
Margins. Texas' Wright Patman, chairman of the House Committee on Small Business, demanded that stock market margins be reduced from 75% to 50%. He pointed out that the buyer of an $1,800 auto must pay only $600 down, but the buyer of $1,800 of stock must still pay $1,350 down. Said Patman: high margins had "almost entirely dried up" the capital market. The Federal Reserve Board was "studying" the matter...