Word: screen
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Then the U.S. movie, The Iron Curtain, story of the Soviet spy ring in Canada, came to Montevideo, and Uruguay's Commies broke the spell. About 200 of them turned up at Montevideo's Trocadero theater and made an unseemly rough house. They lobbed tar at the screen, dropped stink bombs, and smashed some seats. As dismayed citizens rushed for the exits, the police arrived, went after the demonstrators, carted off 70 prisoners. Finally order was restored. The citizens drifted back to the theater, and after everybody had stood up and sung the national anthem, the showing...
...women, pale blue is good: it comes out on the screen a charming off-white. Various shades of blue offer a fine range of greys. Bright purple turns into a steady, solid black...
...Regional National Student Association committee and the newly-established Fulbright committee in Great Britain. The Northern New England NSA group has agreed to collect information on jobs here, which will be sent to the Fulbright board in England. That group will distribute listings to English schools and screen applications for the openings here...
...trouble is that Freshmen are assigned to English A on the single basis of an Anticipatory Examination. This is tailor-made solely to screen out newcomers whose writing skill already meets with the College's requirement that "By the end of his Freshman year, a student must be able to write . . . clear and concise . . . English." The Anticipatory is the hardest exam the College offers. This year more than 950 students were eligible for the exam. Thirty passed; they were inordinately lucky or exceptionably skillful. The rest, except for those who pull down an A after the first term, will have...
...Miss Cambridge, Anne Spencer is eligible for the giant contest later this month to choose the miss Red Feather of 1948. The winner of the finals receives a scholarship and a screen test...