Word: themes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...several of your past issues I have noticed a fluent description of the plans being made for a V-E day celebration. The main theme seems to be one of bands, drinking, and a general carefree attitude. I am wondering if too many of us have forgotten what the God of our forefathers expects...
...Stalin. The Washington word was that the Big Three would get together soon after Mr. Roosevelt's Term IV inauguration on Jan. 20. It would not be too soon. During the past fortnight, a clamor of criticism against U.S. diplomacy has swelled into an outraged chorus. Its theme: the U.S. has been following a wavering diplomatic course with its allies, now burning its fingers with well-meant advice, now dusting its hands of Europe's problems...
...Gloomy Dean, Britain's Very Rev. W. R. Inge, stepped out of retirement to write a cherrily gloomy piece for London's Evening Standard. His theme: the "Passing of the Country House," that spacious, gracious institution as British as the Marble Arch, mutton pie, or Boxing Day. Wrote Dean Inge...
Trio (adapted by Dorothy and Howard Baker from Mrs. Baker's novel; produced by Lee Sabinson) had a hard time reaching Broadway - not only because of the theater shortage, but because of censorship fears over its Lesbian theme. For two months nervous theater-owners (i.e., the Shuberts, who control virtually all of Broadway's theaters) kept its housing problems as snarled up as the lives of its characters...
...development of jazz in America is the theme of another discussion, while the two final programs are devoted to "Modern Americana in Music," a final synthesis of the growing American tradition in music, and a glance into the future of music in the Americas...