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...their supervisors, old names for Mooseheart staff members-sluefoot, screw, night-caller, supreme being, walking tree-have died. An increase of tolerance has presumably caused the disappearance of such words as fish and fisheater (both meaning Catholic), and aquarium (a Catholic priest's home). Also gone are smutch (sneak-out), squirrel (psychologist, i.e., one who looks for "nuts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Giggle Is a Caspar | 4/9/1945 | See Source »

Corwin's show was no smutch. Because serious radio is a delicate matter, its flaws (occasionally uncontrolled acting, a few poor pomposities of style) were disproportionately jarring. But the script sang with the defiant tunes of people and machines, and the narrator, Navy's Lieut. Robert Montgomery, handled well the address at the end to the people of the United Nations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: This Is War! | 2/23/1942 | See Source »

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