Word: reliefers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Live Today for Tomorrow" stands out in bold relief against a background of second-rate "psychological dramas." The film concerns Judge Calvin Cooke (Fredric March), a revered man of Law who is faced with the knowledge that his wife Catherine (Florence Eldridge) is incurably ill, and the problem of keeping the secret from her. As her attacks increase, Judge Cooke finally decides to execute a "mercy killing," and one night deliberately wrecks the automobile in which he and his wife are driving. Immediately after, he confesses the entire crime and is brought into court. His plea of "guilty" collapses when...
Governor Paul Dever's special commission has now taken over the Van Waters case, to the intense relief of the entire Commonwealth. For many months, the public has been treated to a vicious series of incredible attacks in the press upon a woman who is undoubtedly one of the greatest social workers in the United States. Following these attacks, Miriam Van Waters was dismissed on January 11 as superintendent of the Women's Reformatory at Framingham by her superior, Commissioner of Correction McDowell. She demanded --and got--a special hearing to clear her record, but under a strange sort...
...shape. I won't begin to look you over until next week." Among the 19 pitchers who turned out were Ira Godin, mainstay of last spring's mound staff, who pitched a two-hit victory over Yale; Barry Turner, number two starter last year; Ralph Hymans, who saw mostly relief action; and Landon Clay, star twirler on last year's jayvee nine...
...stepism"), the jail and the nightclubs, the Writers' Club and the literary receptions, the chronic indigestion, the perpetual enthusiasm, the American correspondents, the travelers ("Russia is simply wonderful so immense so throbbing earnest vital people so happy everywhere thrilled with communism building socialism") and the overwhelming sense of relief upon reaching Constantinople...
...College, however, has "guaranteed to be hardboiled" about admission requirements, according to LaCroix. Each DP must be able to speak English well and must pass aptitude tests before he can be admitted. He also must be proved psychologically sound. Various relief organizations will screen the DPs for the NSA program...