Word: program
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Chicago, nine minutes before the close of WBBM's Ellery Queen program, a water hose burst in the transmitter cooling system, and WBBM had to go off the air. Almost immediately WBBM's switchboard was swamped with calls, all asking, "Who was the murderer?" The phone girl had to call CBS in Manhattan, whence the program had been coming, to find out. The next hour she spent replying: "The murderer was Mr. Wiggins. . . . The murderer was Mr. Wiggins. . . ." Next day WBBM called back another thousand who had left their numbers, reporting Mr. Wiggins' crime with trimmings...
...York University, previously known for a brilliant History of Mexico and for a few remarkably lucid essays, Parkes has tested the dogma of the Left in the light of history and reason, drawn his conclusions, brought them into sharp focus with political facts, and thereby outlined a progressive program with at least theoretical drive and good sense...
...program will be broadcast over WJZ from 3:15 to 5:15 o'clock. Professor Friedrich will speak on "What America Means to Me"; President Conant's topie has not been announced...
...first public statement as head of the American Civilization Plan, Malone paid credit to his predecessors, Howard M. Jones, professor of English, and Dean Buck, and to Smith, the ranking Counselor, for their parts in the establishment of the program...
...difficult period of experimentation is over," Malone stated, "and we are now in a position to capitalize upon the experience of the past. The present program of the Committee is based upon a frank recognition of the difficulty of inducing busy undergraduates to do outside reading, and upon the consequent necessity of making it attractive to them. Despite the intrinsic difficulties, we feel that the opportunity to explore the various aspects of American civilization has rarely been so challenging...