Word: rightness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...circuits the plans of her boy friend (John Lund) and her roommate (Diana Lynn), and in general does everything in the least rational way possible. None of this is very funny and much of it is downright silly. But since almost all of Irma's blunders turn out right in the end, the audience is left with the possibly comforting thought that stupidity is simply the longest way round to happiness...
Half-time found the Dartmouth cheering stands being serenaded by the Crimson band. It had been announced previously that the visiting stands would get the cold shoulder from the musical organization. They got the serenade, all right, but the big bass drum was left behind. The Harvards were playing it safe...
...excellent Dartmouth defense, about which Art Valpey said, "That is what beat us." On a technical level, it was a "stunted" defense, wherein the Green backerups charged right into the holes even before the play opened, mangling the blocking assignments and wreaking havoc on the slow-opening Crimson offense. An excellent set of defensive halfbacks and a good safety man permitted Tuss McLaughry to treat the traditional concept of line backing this cavalierly...
...State of the Union speech last January, President Truman said, "The people have a right to expect that the Congress and the President will work in the closest cooperation with one objective--the welfare of the people of this nation as a whole...
...controlled 80th Congress continually harped on its "mandate" from the people to curb labor unions and "halt the trend to socialism." But the mandate of the 1948 elections seems to have been trampled underfoot along with most of Truman's proposals. The people, as the President said, have a right to expect Congress to carry out the program which they, the people, have endorsed. The next session will be the 81st's last chance...