Word: properous
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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William H. Chamberlain, columnist for the Wall Street Journal said we must either pull out of the Far East altogether or wage all out war in China proper...
...upbraided the editors as heatedly as Franklin Roosevelt, he smoothly refused the chance to deliver a scolding in person. He had no specific complaints today, said Harry Truman with a disarming grin. Then one of the editors asked the day's sharpest question: "Mr. President, if it is proper to seize the steel mills, can you in your opinion seize the newspapers and radio stations?" Replied the President: Under similar circumstances, the President has to act for whatever is for the best interests of the country. That is your answer...
...Cavanaugh, the major problem of modern life-"in fact, the problem facing all educators since ancient times-is to find a method by which the proper moral habits may be formed." One method he has tried is an experimental great books program for 50 selected students. As Father Cavanaugh sees it, the purpose of the course is to provide more than a mere speaking acquaintance with the great ideas. "We accept as valid the Christian tradition," says he, "and in the great books we show that tradition at work in the history of Western thought...
...This year, as the movie industry celebrates its 50th anniversary . . . proper homage should be paid to the popcorn machine [which] at long last . . . should take its place with the stars of the movie world . . . Popcorn is even combating the threat of television, [which] will never become a serious threat until some enterprising television manufacturer perfects a set that will turn out warm, well-buttered popcorn along with Milton Berle...
...stories of any Englishman of his generation, and 2) whenever he turns out a novel, e.g., The Scarlet Sword, Fair Stood the Wind for France, the critics usually deplore them. In Colonel Julian, a collection of 15 stories about fairly ordinary men & women, Author Bates is back at his proper underpaid trade...