Word: used
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...accurity reasons," Chief Randall did not disclose the nature of his precautionary measures, except to say that he'll use the same tactics which proved successful last year...
Clayton, whose throws have paced the Dartmouth attack this year, didn't use his talents along these lines much last year. The Big Green, sparked by Hal Fitkin, stuck pretty much to the ground in ending the Crimson...
...Iron Curtain--to play politics, that is--when the U. S. Congress can scarcely bring itself to consider appropriating $35,000,000 for much-needed services to poor nations, under the Point Four program. We have presented the Russian propagandists with a ready-made, gold-plated argument for use not only in these doubtful areas and Europe, but indeed in the whole world...
...Pinky" succeeds in portraying the subtleties that some other films on prejudice lacked. The tone of paternalism used by the whites to negroes, though sometimes almost imperceptible, carries the desired tension through the less exciting portions. It is this gentle touch, rather than the instances of overt and violent discrimination use to hammer home the meaning of prejudice to Pinky and the audience, that places the picture on a high artistic level...
...operators lowered small wooden shoes so we could put in a few cents toil. On the other hand, there are many signs of American influence. The proprietor of a very small hotel in Enkhuizen, where few Americans venture, offered me several copies of "Life" while I waited to use his phone. One Sunday we arrived at the tourist-frequented island of Marken to be serenaded by a large excursion steamer blazing the strains of "Cruising Down the River" by Bing Crosby and the Andrew Sisters...