Word: talked
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...many pews may be empty in England, but the easy chairs, sofas and hassocks in front of television sets are well warmed. What is more, TV producers want more clergymen to man their panel-discussion programs. This chance to talk to a vast new congregation is hampered by one handicap: pulpit-trained preachers and priests often show up as poor performers on the TV screen...
...most part, the clergymen were eager to learn-not that it is easy for a bishop to be told that his diction is bad, his talk diffuse, his eyes shifty, his breathing jerky, his harrumphs, ums and ahs distracting. "No. no," cried a producer as one of his pupils monotoned the words "which Thou hast ordained." "Put some feeling into it. This is God we are talking about. 'Which THOU hast ordained.' " Obediently, the pupil tried again. "All right," cried the producer, "I'll buy that...
...industry, not before. They recognized, as do many career officers, that promotions are slow in peacetime, and a bright young man can often do better for himself-and in some ways, better for his country-by putting aside his uniform for businessman's blue. But in Congress, the talk was of legislation to put a check rein on military men, possibly by forbidding retirement pay for anyone employed by a defense contractor. Compared to the overall number of executives, there are relatively few military men in industry, and even fewer in top jobs. The great bulk of the nation...
Armstrong Circle Theater (CBS, 10-11 p.m.). The infinite difficulties of teaching a deaf child to talk are explored in Zone of Silence...
Playhouse 90 (CBS, 9:30-11 p.m.). Tony Randall, Judith Anderson and Margaret O'Brien concoct an evening full of problems out of the small talk and big times of cafe society. Based on The Second Happiest Day, 1953 bestseller by John Phillips, son of Bestseller John P. Marquand...