Word: shortly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Employers in Fear." Day after day, Clement Attlee sat slouched on his spine, taking in five-minute speeches from scores of delegates, speeches for the most part well organized, lucid and obviously sincere. Behind him on the platform sat Mrs. Attlee, knitting. She likes short speeches, even when her husband makes them. Sir Stafford Cripps, whom some call an economic dictator, sat modestly behind a row of executive committee members-he is not a member of the executive-and was not invited to speak. Nor did he ask to take part...
...Doug Abbott, passing out tax-reduction gifts (TIME, May 12, 1947), looked like Santa Claus. Since then the price situation had worsened. So had the international outlook. Doug Abbott had toughened with the times. He was no longer a patient listener. Many a time in budget conferences he cut short advisers with a brusque yes or no and hurried to the next item. Even with colleagues of Cabinet rank he had lost the habit of turning aside importunities with easy banter...
...Yale's) big problem as far as the all-important Olympic trials go. Bolles figures it will take the Crimson Varsity until three days before sprint encounter to build up the normal amount of energy, and that doesn't leave much time to train down to the short distance race...
Louis Jouvet is the stern detective on the case and is, as always, excellent, stopping just short of underplaying. As Jenny's husband, the producers have cast another fine actor, Bernard Blier, who has the insolence to play the romantic lead with a bald head. Imagine. Other good performers are Simone Renant as the couple's faithful friend, and Charles Dulin as the debauched producer...
...undeservedly high grade. This same complaint is applicable to examinations, however, and perhaps even more justly. The papers by themselves, moreover, help men learn how to organize their thoughts on paper. The General Education report made one of its less renowned but important points on this account, urging short essays on assigned topics as a means toward fulfilling the important points on this account, urging short essays on assigned topics as a means toward fulfilling the important educational function of teaching people how to write...