Word: rids
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...small minds are not those eliminated from service but usually those that do the eliminating. Because a person has a low I.Q. doesn't make him an "eight ball." If the spirit of the regulations were used in eliminations, then possibly the Army could get rid of some of its "deadwood" hangers on, such as the NCOs who can barely read or write or who do not have the mentality to handle a lower-ranking G.I. other than by browbeating...
...point is, though, that it's the war-bent men who are really mad; the Countess and her entourage may be completely crazy in a lot of small matters, but they are quite sane in things that count. The Countess not only is able to get rid of the malefactors, but she knows how to create happiness and how to restore a would-be suicide's love of life...
...McCarey told this tremulous tale once before in 1939 (Charles Boyer v. Irene Dunne). On this familiar old heart-wrenching ground, Cinemanipulator McCarey, whose heart is as big as a whale's, carefully swings the plot pendulum-like between gladness and sadness. Cary and Deborah agree to rid themselves of their previous encumbrances, make a date to meet again after six months devoted to finding themselves (she was once a singer; he painted). But on the day of their reunion, a screech of brakes is heard offscreen, and next thing Deborah is a cripple, maybe for the rest...
...based on the endless repetition of the affirmation of high American living standards. This is like the rich man's bragging about his richness before poor people who can never become rich. What the people behind the Iron Curtain really need is for the U.S. to get rid of the Communist yoke-and not an exhibition of U.S. consumer goods...
Your July 8 Letters column reports Mrs. E. Torkilsen as asking: "Is there any ideal way we can legally get rid of Chief Justice Warren?" The answer is yes, elect him President...