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...directed a Christmas miracle play at Radcliffe. Contrary to biblical tale, this Eve turns out to be a fizzle in the play, so Adam creates a more romantic and lovable woman, played by Jane Burgwall of Simmons College '48. HDC explained that this is not intended as a slur on the amorous qualifications of Radcliffe girls in general, but merely a quirk of casting. The third woman in "Adam" is played by Eleanor Millard, Radcliffe '48, who has done much work for Idler...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HDC Announces Cast For November Show, "Adam the Creator" | 10/23/1946 | See Source »

Meanwhile, in the Russian zone of Austria, Chief Editor Ferdinand Rieffler, of the People's Press, was convicted not for anything he had written but for something he had merely heard. At a public meeting a speaker cast a slur upon the Soviet Army. Rieffler failed to rise and voice an objection to the slur. His silence was held a crime to be expiated by four to ten years in Siberia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Ars Gratia Partis | 10/14/1946 | See Source »

...always considered myself a "Jewess" and always will. This is the first time I've ever heard that it's supposed to be a slur. To me and my friends it is a most acceptable word as long as it is not preceded by the word "dirty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Sep. 9, 1946 | 9/9/1946 | See Source »

Negroes don't like "Negress" any more than Jews like "Jewess" and consider it a slur...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 12, 1946 | 8/12/1946 | See Source »

...Slur...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 12, 1946 | 8/12/1946 | See Source »

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