Word: talents
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Senior Fellows are the managing body of the Society, which is designed to meet the problem of associating future creative scholars in a distinct body that will have an attraction for ambitious young men of talent...
Candidates, rounded up by talent scouts, are elected to the All-America on the basis of: 1) the cheering section's reaction; 2) judgment in selecting the best psychological moment for a cheer; 3) acrobatic ability-not only proficiency in the common cartwheels, handstands and general high jinks, but also the Ritter Span, Nelson Arch, Duos...
Block has 19 sponsors, who chip in a total of about $325,000 a year for air time and Block's "talent" services-turning records, purring commercials, keeping the Ballroom chatty and glittery. Last week Martin Block signed a new contract for five years at better than $30,000 a year. At the contract's end, he expects to retire, at 43, to live on his annuities. Says he-and this time he is not quoting Owen D. Young: "Don't let anyone tell you they can't live without working...
...what determines the first-rateness of a novel is not hatred of fascism, love of democracy, reverence for the U. S. past, emulation of best-seller formulas, adhesion to the Party Line, good intentions, or hard work. It is, rather, a private and non-negotiable possession, namely, creative talent...
...squad has been cut down to fifteen, and unfortunately there is no place to give seasoning to the men who had to be cut. There is no Jayvee team, and with its abolition last spring went its coach, Johnny Wood. The sacrifice in player talent has not been important but Fesler has his hands full with his enlarged Varsity squad every afternoon...