Word: topically
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...American League All-Stars won, as they usually do, 2-to-1. Blackwell's pitching was the main topic of conversation after the game. Said Ted Williams: "I had an awful time seeing him get rid of the ball. He has it behind him and all of a sudden it's on the way." Said Joe DiMaggio: "This fellow hasn't been around too long. But he's a hell of a good pitcher. ... I didn't connect very solidly." Added Cleveland's Lou Boudreau, who as Feller's manager should know, "Blackwell...
...Foreign Policy (Sat. 7 p.m., NBC). Topic: "Is the Marshall Plan Sound?" Speakers: Senators Tom Connally and Carl A. Hatch. Moderator: Sterling Fisher...
Invitation to Learning (Sun. 12 noon, CBS). Topic: Joseph Conrad's Victory. Speakers: Eugene O'Neill Jr., Novelist Vincent McHugh, Rutgers Philosophy Professor Houston Peterson...
Town Meeting of the Air (Thurs. 8:30 p.m., ABC). Topic: "Is Universal Military Training Necessary for our National Security?" Speakers: Brigadier General John M. Devine, Arkansas' Senator J. William Fulbright, Socialist Norman Thomas, Montana Judge Leif Erickson...
...Trouble with Women (Paramount) is a topic that greatly interests Ray Milland, a professor of psychology, who keeps sounding off on the subject, with unflattering details. Teresa Wright, a star reporter, is assigned to work up some newspaper feature copy ridiculing the professor. She enrolls as a student, hounds him through bachelor's quarters and classrooms, and outsmarts his chilly fiancée, Rose Hobart, at the cat-&-cat game. In some bewilderment, psychologist and girl reporter fall in love. Typical side dish: a bespectacled adolescent, complete with outsized Adam's apple, who falls for Miss Wright. Best...