Word: quos
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Freely Speaking. In Mercedes, Texas, showing the film Quo Vadis, the operator of the Wes-Mer Drive-In theater decided that a translation was necessary, on the marquee put "Doónde Vas" for his Mexican customers, "Where You All Goin' " for the Texans...
...with E. B. White. The Second Tree is in effect both a resume and a nearly complete sampling of his career and his work. Ranging in date from 1935 to 1953, its contents include pieces in each of the styles presented in previous homogeneous collections: parables, satires, and parodies (Quo Vadimus), essays of the more classic form (One Man's Meat), notes from the New Yorker's "Talk of the Town" (Every Day Is Saturday and The Wild Flay), and songs and poems (The Fox of Pea-pack...
...past, movie critics have rarely seen eye to eye with the paying customers. Last year, for example, Manhattan's film critics chose High Noon as the best picture of the year over such big moneymakers as Greatest Show on Earth and Quo Vadis. Last week the New York reviewers cast their votes closer to the box-office mark. Their choices...
...Springs' 70 Telemeter set owners. Some of their comments: Director William (Roman Holiday) Wyler-"It's fine if we get paid. If movies are going to wind up on TV screens, I don't want to have a picture interrupted to talk about soap." Director Mervyn (Quo Vadis) LeRoy- "Telemeter is great. If a picture is worth seeing, it's worth paying for. If the payment is right, it can be great for the picture business...
School Administrator Ernest J. Claverly, warming in defense of the non-cursive status quo, cited no less than ten reasons why printing was superior to handwriting for schoolchildren: "It takes less time to teach. It fosters skill in language by allowing easier language expression. It is more legible, and does not become sloppy as the writer becomes senile. It is less awkward for left-handed children. Most job application forms, in fact, say "please print clearly." Claverly maintained that unless some schools had been willing to violate tradition, the tyrannical master would still be holding forth in his red brick...