Word: various
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Midst the myriad of brickbats flying in the direction of the various Armed Forces [TIME, June 6], may I toss one tiny little rose...
...sepulchral voice: "Oyez, oyez . . . draw near . . . God save the United States and this Honorable Court." Red curtains parted and into the hushed chamber walked the black-gowned justices of the Supreme Court of the U.S. Led by sad-faced Chief Justice Vinson, they took their high-backed seats, variously shaped and padded to fit their various curves...
...Federal Bureau of Investigation has not "moved in on Yale University," as alleged by Mr. Fairfield. Special Agents of the FBI do, of necessity, in making investigations into the qualifications of applicants for employment in various capacities in the Federal Government, contact officials of educational institutions from time to time. In many instances the names of such officials are given as references by the persons seeking employment. In other types of cases investigated by the FBI it is, of course, necessary at times to contact officials and representatives of educational institutions...
Father Couturier has several projects in various stages of completion. Sometimes they are delayed by ecclesiastics who have strenuously differing views about how a church should be decorated. But the work of Father Couturier is finding growing support among his fellow churchmen and also among such anticlericals as Henri Matisse, the grand old man of French painting. Said Matisse thoughtfully last week: "Father Couturier is a sensitive, intelligent and capable man. He is very active, very imaginative, and is currently doing a great deal...
...Louis Crook got to thinking about a contemporary problem. Airplane radios of the day were bothered by high-tension interference from the engine's spark plugs, each of which acted like a miniature radio transmitter. Various attempts had been made to shush the plugs, but none had succeeded well. The professor focused his mind on the problem, dived into his basement workshop and soon had a solution. He scoffs at newspaper stories of how he worked 20 years on his invention. "Pooh," he says. "I didn't work more than 20 minutes...