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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...make clear this stand and to refute Lindley, William Polk had to find a sounding board. He chose the Progressive Party and Henry Wallace, a choice which today he admits was his "worst mistake." As a result, Wallace got up at his now famous press conference during the Progressive Party's Philadelphia convention and implied to the assembled newsmen that they should be ashamed of themselves for not risking their necks to get news as George Polk had done. Hence instead of getting across the point William Polk had wanted emphasized, that Lindley's action was, he believed, motivated...

Author: By Sedgwick W. Green, | Title: Who Killed George Polk? | 11/27/1948 | See Source »

...Saint Joan" can be set aside as the best Joan, then "Heartbreak House" becomes the best Shaw. The Copley Players of the Boston Repertory Association have given "Heartbreak House" their best and the total result is a thoroughly enjoyable feast...

Author: By George A. Leiper, | Title: The Playgoer | 11/26/1948 | See Source »

...question at issue is whether such a prosecution can be enjoined by the Federal Government in a Federal Court. The facts are based on a case now under consideration by the Federal Courts of Connecticut, and is a result of a recent Supreme Court decision that it did not have to answer the constitutional question of whether a union could expend funds in a political campaign...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Justice Burton Chairs Finals Of Ames Competition Today | 11/23/1948 | See Source »

Harvard will not press criminal charges against the eight Tech students who plotted to blow the letters "M-I-T" out of the Stadium turf during the Yale game. As a result, the fate of the culprits rests solely in the hands of an MIT faculty committee that will probably announce its decision today...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pranksters' Fate Rests with MIT | 11/23/1948 | See Source »

Unfortunately, however, Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, who wrote, produced, and directed the film, have chosen to alter the usual happy reconciliation of the two lovers to parallel the ballet-plot. The result is a wrenching, brutal, and totally unnecessary tragic ending to a story that contains no other tragic elements...

Author: By George A. Leiper., | Title: The Red Shoes | 11/23/1948 | See Source »

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