Word: smoothly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Leopold Stokowski's announcement that at the next Youths' Concert he would play Soviet Russia's ''Internationale." The American Legion publicly protested. Broker Francis Ralston Welsh, rabid antiCommunist, called Stokowski a Red. William Curtis Bok, the Orchestra Association's vice president, tried to smooth things over by saying that he thought Stokowski would change his mind, that "it was probably just one of those things that pop into his head...
...plan of hour-credits has more behind it than mere theoretical logic; its practicability has been proven in colleges all over the country and it is now the accepted system in nistitutions of all sizes. There is nothing in the present makeup of Harvard which would prevent the smooth working of such a system and there is no official objection to it in principle. The existing method of assigning course credits at Harvard is archaic and unjust; the suggested plan is equitable and practical, and only an excess of inertia stands in the way of its adoption...
...Pity Of It All"--Columbia recording. Enric Madriguera's polished orchestra has a very smooth and pleasing melody to work on. Helen Ward and Bub Burnch sing. The backing, "True" is good as a Fox Trot for dancing, but the tune is not very catchy...
...long series of reasons for the relegation of child labor reform to Washington. Under these circumstances, it is difficult to appreciate the force of Mr. Smith's objections, and it is difficult to see how his poor substitute for the proposed law can claim the advantages of smooth passage and enforceability, since the card he suggests has already been played, and returned, neatly marked, to the deck...
This comment on the cinema industry was made last week at the Harvard School of Business Administration by Producer Samuel Goldwyn. Last fortnight, Producer Goldwyn had more revealing things to say about his own business. In an article for the Satevepost, set down in smooth English by a ghostwriter named Frederick L. Collins, he defended actors' salaries, published for the first time what were generally accepted as the authentic weekly payments to the industry's 15 top-notch performers.* The Goldwyn list...