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...Communists have given German youth leadership an ideal to strive for Goodman said, and in the case of the free Germany youth "a sense of destiny can be a very dangerous thing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Seniors Speak At H-T Forum | 10/24/1951 | See Source »

...said Vergil D. Reed, vice president of the J. Walter Thompson advertising agency, before 400 businessmen at the 23rd annual Boston Conference on Distribution this week. The jabberwocky, said Reed, was a hangover from the pre-1914 days when the U.S. was a big debtor nation and had to strive for "a favorable balance of trade." As a result, said Reed, most Americans still "believe profoundly that exporting is desirable, that exporters are gentlemen, scholars and benefactors of the human race, that importing is undesirable, and that importers are liars, thieves and scoundrels taking food out of the mouths...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN TRADE: The Cost of Not Importing | 10/22/1951 | See Source »

...Unanimously appealed to U.S. Government leaders not to let the country become a militarized state but "to strive continuously toward the ultimate goal of world peace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Sugar & Vinegar | 7/2/1951 | See Source »

This is more or less Flahooley's own difficulty. Its magic lamp gets to seem more like a Pandora's box; its story grows as cluttered as a playroom on Christmas night; and a show that should strive for lightness seems to be selling itself by weight. Much of Sammy Fain's music has genuine bounce and swing. But under the handicap of its surroundings, it often suggests the playroom with the radio going. A so-so cast includes Singer Yma Sumac, whose voice spans four octaves. It is Bil & Cora Baird's puppets that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Musical in Manhattan, may 28, 1951 | 5/28/1951 | See Source »

Henceforth, the Herald would strive for simple phrasing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Fog Cutter | 5/21/1951 | See Source »

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