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...made World War II so far so profitable. As he listened now to the Führer's rasping voice, Horthy knew a dream was ended. He shook his head. Hitler pounded the big table. Enraged, Horthy pounded right back, as he had in years gone by, when Upstart Hitler had wanted concessions from Hungary's proud Magyars...
With these impudent lines, neatly punctuated by music, upstart radio last week poked Hollywood in the nose. The sock was sharply delivered by U.S. radio's foremost writer-producer-innovator, Norman Corwin, who deserted radio eight months ago for the alabaster mines of Hollywood. Now back in the fold (CBS, 10 p.m. Tues., E.W.T.) with his salary doubled ($500 weekly), Corwin, who is responsible for much of U.S. radio's adult fare (Words Without Music, We Hold These Truths, My Client Curley, An American in England, The Odyssey of Runyon Jones), was off on a fresh 26-program...
...months, Tom Dewey has held the most important job of his life. As a politico, he is in mid-passage between upstart and established statesman. He is negotiating that passage cautiously, coolly and with scientific skill...
...when Francisco was six years old the Spanish Navy sailed out on its brave, hopeless campaign against the upstart Yanqui tinpots and presently ceased to be a going concern. Having no warships to speak of, the Spanish Government decided to shut the Naval Academy down; 14-year-old Francisco went instead to the military academy in the Alcazar of Toledo. If he had followed his planned career he might have been a captain or admiral by 1936, when rebel naval officers were heaved over the sides of their warships by Loyalist crews...
While waiting for the Crimson Network to get started, the Workshop, its members politely sniffing at the upstart radio organization, did not idly mark time. Using the facilities of the Harvard Film Service, the Workshoppers put on two more non-experimental plays and had them recorded...