Word: topically
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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This spring, Pat O'Brien began to write about a new topic-his illness. From a hospital, he kept up his column with the aid of a dictating machine, datelined it "Cell 308." Some of his readers thought he had eye trouble; his sight had been failing for a long time. Not till three months ago did Pat tell his readers that he had cancer. Even then he tried to give them humor, albeit tightlipped. He wrote: "[The cancer] was near the base of the spine. . . . Getting it out involved considerable damage to adjacent and innocent property...
Evatt's second topic, "The Working of the United Nations" will be presented the next Thursday, followed by "The Future of the United Nations" the next evening at New Lecture Hall...
America's Town Meeting (Tues. 8:30 p.m., ABC). Topic: "What Can We Do to Improve Religious and Racial Relationships in America...
...Pains" tries hard to laugh its way into the honor spot conceded "Crazy Like a Fox" and "Dawn Ginsberg's Revenge," but falls somewhat short of red-hot. Perelman subjects must be taken in short doses to remain fresh, but, "Acres and Pains" lacks the necessary shift of topic, becoming a well-executed, if occasionally heavy rehash of life on the farm. Composed of a series of magazine articles filled in with new material, the book does not show a continuous level of quality throughout. The older, more familiar chapters emphasize the bawdy wit of Perelman at his finest, while...
University of Chicago Round Table (Sun. 1:30 p.m., NBC). Topic: "The Challenge Facing State Mental Hospitals...