Word: slurs
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...Friday's Crimson an absolutely unwarranted slur at the Glee Club was made by Mr. Barish in his column The Music Box. He even went so far as to use the word "debasing" in upbraiding Mr. Woodworth for not including any German music in this year's repertoire. One would think that before such strong words are used in public the writer should be more familiar with the facts...
...French Department should make this film required movie-going, and that is no slur upon its entertainment value. In almost every scene there is a slice of provincial France. The earnest, effeminate priest and the super-rationalistic school-teacher involve themselves in endless, fantastic arguments. A two-for-a-nickel marquis, complete with gloves and plus-fours, drops into town now and then from his chateau, to have a quick one with the boys at the "Club." There are also plenty of village dim-wits, who won't speak to one another because their parents and grandparents wouldn't either...
...That although Allies and Germans tend to slur over their defeats, the communiqués issued by the actual military and naval commands of both sides are generally reliable and generally in the long run confirm each other. (Exception: accounts of air raids. Aviators of both sides swooping in at 300 m.p.h. through a barrage, dropping their bombs and getting out in a hurry are likely to overestimate damage done...
...TIME'S apologies to Dr. Irving Samuel Cutter for giving him the title of his relative Dr. William Dick Cutter. TIME had no notion that "A. M. A.-inspired" was a slur...
Like a band of embattled brothers, up rose the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce because of an alleged slur on Philadelphia's hotels. Casus belli: A Fred Allen radio program in which he and Program Guest Jack Haley reminisced about a little troupers' hotel in Philadelphia. Mused Haley: "My room was so small, when anyone opened the door, the doorknob got in bed with me." Allen: "My room was so small the mice were hump-backed...