Word: reviews
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Congressmen might well tremble at their plans. They intend, for instance, to broadcast not only how the West Virginia delegation splits on controversial bills, but also an intimate, behind-the-scenes analysis of the reasons involved. Says Chernoff: "We have absolutely no ax to grind. We only want to ... review the activities of prominent West Virginians in national service...
...Secretary Hull trudged firmly up the Capitol steps to try to answer some questions for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Gesturing constantly with a sidearm wave of his right hand and forearm, the old man talked for two hours without glancing at a note. But the generalities of his review added little to the Senators' information. His main theme: in wartime the State Department's primary task is to help win the earliest possible victory with the fewest possible losses. Nearly all questions should be held for the peace table...
...Last week President Roosevelt, while calling for review of the draft status of under-26 workers, promised the American Chemical Society that he would try to keep young scientists at their jobs...
...part of the present day of trial and tribulation for the singing artist. I am happy to feel, however, that it is the public's opinion that has sustained my career and kept me a star for 20 years. I thank you again most profoundly for your review and, as long as I can go on creating "dramatic excitement merely by walking onto the stage," there will be reason for prolonging that inevitable day when the curtain must fall on my singing career...
...Chairman of the Committee on Censorship of the Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, I want to bring the following information to the attention of the Harvard community. As you know, Lillian Smith's novel "Strange Fruit" has been banned in Boston. In giving this book a leading review, the New York Times concluded...