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...majority report of the Reece committee expressed the tenor of the testimony unfavorable to the foundations. But throughout the hearings Representative Wayne L. Hays (D.Ohio) supported the position of private philanthropy. In his dissent from the committee report, he strongly attacked the tactics and findings of the majority...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Private Foundations Charged With Subversion of Morals | 6/17/1955 | See Source »

When Marguerite Piazza played the role on TV, he had her poured into a skintight gown with nothing underneath. Then, as Soprano Piazza took a deep breath to reach for a high note, the gown split down the back. At that portentous moment, Tenor Jack Russell, singing with her, grabbed for the back of the dress. He caught it just in time to keep the show from being...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Dressing Up the Act | 6/13/1955 | See Source »

Watch the Color. Designer du Pont* does not usually have to depend on a tenor to get him out of the tight squeeze he puts a soprano into. Resourcefulness is merely one of the qualities needed by the costume designer for Max Liebman's NBC-TV spectaculars. In addition, he must sometimes do the impossible. Last week's The Chocolate Soldier was Du Pont's 20th spectacular of the season. This time he had ten days, instead of the more usual five, to dress the entire company for the Oscar Straus operetta, starring Risë Stevens. That...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Dressing Up the Act | 6/13/1955 | See Source »

Could He Read? Author Hoffman, who spent 19 years digging up "evidence," believes that Christopher Marlowe fired every single shot in what is called "The Shakespeare Canon." The dedicated tenor of his writing indicates that he would far rather be burned at the stake than give up his stake in Marlowe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Whodunit? | 6/13/1955 | See Source »

...Harvard may be quiet but they also must strong, for with the exception of a few changes of emphasis, many have survived the almost three decades that have passed since that September. Changes like the House system, Reading Period, and Lamont Library have transformed segments but the general tenor of undergraduate life remains. What the returning member of the Class of 1930 will probably notice most are not the changes, but the similarities between the present College and the one he remembers...

Author: By Charles Steedman, | Title: 1930's First Years: Quiet Traditions and Uncivilized Eating | 6/13/1955 | See Source »

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