Word: probe
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...great modern novelists, beginning with Dostoevsky, have probed the broad mysteries of men's souls; the finest of today's short-story writers usually probe into the remote corners of the heart. Preferably the heart should be broken, guilty or sick, but at the very least it must be troubled. One of the finest heart specialists now practicing in U.S. short fiction is Jean Stafford. A meticulous workman, she makes no quack's diagnosis, and the cases she has taken on have been few. Her favorites make up the table of contents of Children Are Bored...
Senator William E. Jenner (R.-Ind.), chairman of the committee, may not be in Boston when the probe begins, however. "The committee has ten teams of investigators setting up these sessions in different cities," Jenner explained. "I have just returned to Washington after being out of town, so this is the first I have heard of the one in Boston. . . . I'll have to see how things are here first before I can determine whether I can make the trip...
Chairman Velde has been under criticism from other members of the House during the past few days for "carelessness" in handling the probe of alleged Reds...
Almost any of the 16 U.S. prisoners could be the ringer, and almost all of them are characterized in vignettes, deft without depth. A deeper probe is unnecessary, however, as the Americans are a typical Hollywood fox-hole cross-section, more like able than complicated not a Keefer in the crowd. Hence, playing the parts poses few problems, and the cast is even better than need-be. It is led by old hand George Tobias, who portrays the rollicking bulk called Stosh, and Douglas Watson, who does well by surly Sefton. Comedy bits are added by Jerry Jarrett and others...
Meanwhile, House and Senate committees seeking Communists in education disclosed this weekend they will join forces in a joint probe in order to avoid overlapping and duplication of separate investigations...