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...glare of the public spotlight, the Republicans of the 80th Congress had moved into Washington like a lusty construction gang bent on rebuilding the town. But as yet they had neither torn down nor raised one house. Last week, above the clashing and grinding of the legislative machinery in Washington, a sharp-eared listener could hear a steady hum. It came from Albany. Governor Thomas E. Dewey was purring along like a pilot plant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW YORK: Pilot Plant | 3/24/1947 | See Source »

...cinemaddicts enjoyed a pleasant flashback to the windblown-bob era. Clara Bow, now a rancher's wife and mother of two, made a brief comeback, of a sort. Handsomer to the camera's eye than she was in the blowsy 20s, the onetime "It" Girl regained the spotlight as a result of another woman's triumph. A listener who managed to identify Clara's voice in a radio contest won $17,590 in prizes (including an airplane, a refrigerator, an automobile, a furnace, a fur coat, maid service for a year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Mar. 24, 1947 | 3/24/1947 | See Source »

...given by last year's Navy quintet, which gained an N.C.A.A. bid for the Crimson. Gathered together by commander Mundorff of the college Navy unit, former Bowling Green star Wyndol Gray, Lou Decsi, John Gantt, and Don Swegan, flanked by Paul Champion and Saul Marlaschin, threw, a nation-wide spotlight on Crimson basketball. Overwhelming students response and box-office success showed a bright future for Crimson basketball if the high standards set by the Navy performers could be maintained...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lining Them Up | 3/19/1947 | See Source »

...play, the valiant medicos are frequently treated as very human men-ruthless, sharp-tongued, short-tempered. But in last week's production, they too often performed as though aware of the spotlight. Their actual heroism was a little blunted by touches of heroics, and Yellow Jack, by becoming more theatrical than it need be, seemed less dramatic than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Old Play in Manhattan, Mar. 10, 1947 | 3/10/1947 | See Source »

Rejecting "any alliance with totalitarian groups--either communist or fascists" the A.D.A. will bring to the H.L.U. an issue which has occupied the spotlight in its inner councils for the past term, and which resulted in violent debates between the A.Y.D. faction and its opponents...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Proposal for Link with A.D.A. Tops Agenda for HLU Meeting | 2/26/1947 | See Source »

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