Word: opinionated
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Press and public opinion erupted. Krishna Menon, 62, is so oblivious of his own mistakes and so coldly cruel about the mistakes of others that even his well-wishers frequently find him intolerable. The fact that he had apparently precipitated strife in the high command at a time when India might be facing battle with Red China set off loud demands that he be sacked. The Hindustan Times proclaimed: "Krishna Menon must go!" The Indian Express called Menon "preeminently the guilty...
...trouble to consult a few informed, responsible people, in Toronto, he would have avoided being 'shocked,' would have discovered that the Canadians who are crying havoc about U.S. investment are the sort of people who are always crying havoc about something and are not representative of Canadian opinion. Mr. Kearns then might have spared us his own excited talk...
...really worried about pictures that include criticism of the church. Such pictures have long been submitted as a matter of course for suggestions; today the industry is beginning to think twice about accepting such correction. Producers question the possibility of ever getting the council to spell out a clear opinion. Said one movieman: "The Protestants are not like the Catholics, or even the Jews, whom you can consult and get a fairly definite position. The Baptists disagree even among themselves, let alone with the Presbyterians...
Goodie's charter in broad: to discuss any "political aspects of the news" he chooses. He promised not to be dull. "I'll take the news each day and give an opinion about it and its relationship to California politics," he said. "I'm going to throw in interesting little political nuggets. Yes, sir, I'm going to give the viewers some fruitcake...
DISPUTED RULING by CAB allows financial Wheeler-Dealer Floyd Odium's Atlas Corp. to control West-Coast-based, non-sked Transocean Air Lines while it already controls Northeast Airlines. In a 4-1 opinion, CAB declared Odium violated Sherman Antitrust Act, but said illegal action was "outweighed by public interest...