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...grown-up quiz program outgrew the lonely forenoon and joined the busy night air last week. A rising chorus of fan mail persuaded BBC and the Blue network to shift their Transatlantic Quiz from Saturday mornings to 10 p.m. Tuesdays (E.W.T.), and to boost the show from 15 minutes to a solid half hour. In its new spot Transatlantic will compete with Bob Hope-but the audience appeal is hardly the same...
...children called Dr. Sun Yat-sen "uncle." But they were too busy climbing garden walls, studying Confucius, learning Chinese nursery rhymes, Jesus Loves Me, and the story of George Washington to know what the little revolutionist would mean to China and to them. T.V. was a weedy adolescent (he outgrew his clothes every three months, and Sister Mei-ling wore his hand-me-downs) when the Revolution of 1911 broke out. "Uncle" Sun was not even around. He was in a Denver, Colo. restaurant, collecting funds from Chinese sympathizers in the U.S. But by November 1911, he came back...
...biggest Army in U.S. history long ago outgrew its traditional setup. As the growth of the service has created new and bigger jobs, the old system of rank has not kept up with the procession. Normally a major general (two stars) commands a division; a lieutenant general (three stars) commands a corps, which is a group of divisions. Groups of corps are formed into armies and now armies into army groups...
...question that worried many a U.S. museum. From 1926 (when his wife switched his ruling passion from fire engines to art) to 1936 Collector Dale bought French paintings as shrewdly as he formerly consolidated power companies. His collection, now valued at $6,000,000 to $15,000,000, outgrew three Manhattan apartments, now fills five floors of a museumlike private mansion on East 79th Street, and is rated by experts as the most comprehensive of its kind in the U.S. Without children, 58-year-old, redheaded Chester Dale will probably leave his masterpieces to some big U.S. museum. The question...
Founded in 1913 by the Law School Society of Phillips Brooks House, the Bureau long ago outgrew its P. B. H. headquarters, and now occupies Kendall House. The 38 members took care of over 1000 cases in 1940-41, as contrasted with 200 the first year...