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...Tastes. Not so, said Wechsler: "The People have persistently crowded the newsstands to buy the journals which are against [their political interests] and left the liberal publications to a select, self-righteous audience. . . A newspaper which professes to be a spokesman of The People must display some real capacity for interesting them. . . It cannot depend for survival on. . . those who [already] agree with its editorial policy...
...each of the test questions, five possible answers are given. You are to select the correct answer and put its number on the answer sheet next to the number of that question. Example: 0. The President of the United States...
Without Effort. One night last week, in Prades' Cathedral of St. Pierre, the Bishop of Perpignan welcomed the artists and the "musically select audience, all united here in the same spirit." Then as bald, spectacled Cellist Casals took his place in the transept, the entire audience rose with the orchestra in a quiet tribute...
...Jackie Robinson Story" makes clear the tremendous anti-Negro sentiment Robinson faced-not only on the part of fans but from his own team-mates. It also shows why Brooklyn Dodger president Branch Rickey had to select his man for this experiment with such great care, and why Robinson's ability to turn his other cheek made him the perfect choice. The film does not point out, however, the economic impetus behind Rickey's move...
Twice a year, the select, exclusive and somewhat stuffy organization of 50 Washington newsmen known as the Gridiron Club holds a white-tie dinner and frolic in the capital. Traditionally, the guest of honor and principal butt of the Gridironers' jokes is the President of the U.S. Last December, Harry Truman, who does not enjoy the club's satire, was able to miss the Gridiron frolic because he was acquiring a less painful burn, in the sun at Key West, Fla. Although Gridironers were miffed, the club nevertheless invited the President to its May meeting. This time...