Word: nesses
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Since the Digest is the official publication of the Democratic National Committee, it is of necessity propaganda. But well-written propaganda, presented with a slick ness of style occasionally reminiscent of the New Yorker, even imitating it, such as in short quips and jibes under "Talk of the Nation." There are parodies each month. In November's issue, the man in the Hathaway shirt peered through his one good eye and said, "It takes me twice as long to read the Digest, but it's worth the time." A column, "Inside," scoffed at Newsweek's periscope ("Fewer erasers are being...
Playwright Peterson has captured Spencer's seventeen-ness admirably, and High-School Senior Louis Gossett plays him well. There is a fresh, humorous smack to the writing-that sense of proportion so vital in dealing with a character who lacks one. But only his humor and his hero are Playwright Peterson's own; they function inside a framework, indeed a virtual cage of cliches. Where Spencer is typical but real, his experiences are merely trite, and sometimes clumsy and protracted. What makes Take a Giant Step uncommon in terms of Negro life-its middle-class outlook-is precisely...
There were soft spots in the economy, too, and some of them seemed to offer a measure of support for the recession talk that was loose in the land. With farm income down, the farm-machinery busi ness slumped. The petroleum industry showed signs of overproduction; Sin clair Refining Co. and Phillips Petroleum Co. cut their crude-oil refinery runs 3 to 5% for September. Auto production fell moderately during August as auto makers began to feel the Hydra-Matic transmission pinch and output of 1953 models started to taper off in preparation for retooling for 1954. There was softness...
...second factor in favor of the Busi- ness School squad is practice. The R-School has an active intra-mural program which enables its stars to keep in some thing resembling condition. The Law School has less time for sports...
...Parts Grease. Last week in his "Strictly Personal" column, syndicated in 16 papers around the U.S., Harris walloped writers of swashbuckling historical novels; rose to the defense of unstuffy clergymen ("Dull[ness] and pompous[ness] . . . has nothing to recommend it, neither piety nor good sense"); punctured the idea that Europeans are more "romantic" than Americans; criticized a congressional investigation of obscene books ("There is not, and has never been, any real evidence that literature, even of the lowest order, has ever 'corrupted' morals") ; and tossed off a few of his typically irreverent "Purely Personal Prejudices" ("Whenever I meet...