Word: uproars
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...never descend to the low mental level of radio, because it can deal with adult problems, "and we don't get chichi or phony about them." In TV, he has tackled such subjects as adultery and Lesbianism, both frowned upon in radio and movies, without causing any scandalized uproar. "We deflect tension," Miner explains. "We don't say people are going to bed together, we just have them...
...this time, the commuter-residents of Greenwich (pop. 40,400) were in a genteel uproar. The Greenwich Community Concert Association summoned Adler and Draper before it, asked them if they believed in overthrowing the government by force. "No," they said. Did they believe in making changes by a majority vote? "Yes," they said. That was enough for the Association. The concert went on, Draper danced, Adler played the mouth organ. And they filed a $200,000 libel suit against Hester McCullough...
...when the telephone rang in the midst of the uproar, he calmly picked up the receiver. The man on the other end of the wire, a fast thinking Camden newspaperman named Philip Buxton, said: "I'm a friend . . . how many have you killed...
...mutinous uproar at South Bend, buildings seemed to tremble-but none crumbled. All that happened was that Notre Dame, operating from Leahy's new T, became more devastating than ever. In 49 games, against the most rugged opponents that could be found, Leahy's T-men rolled up an awesome record of 42 victories, 4 ties, only 3 defeats. Last week, Coach Leahy bared a few of his T-secrets and coaching tricks in his new book Notre Dame Football-The T-Formation (Prentice-Hall...
...After six months, Editor Efron decided that her newshawks were ready to put out their own model newspaper. Printed in a limited edition of 1,000 copies and distributed to government offices, labor unions, political parties and cafés, Vol. 1, No. 1 of Journal caused a national uproar...