Word: various
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Chapter 12 on "The Catholic Plan for America" is an interesting exergesis from various sources in Church literature, and reads very much like a reactionary Communist Manifesto. It is a program which has never been set forth by the American Catholic Church, and many Catholic clerics, according to Mr. Blanshard's own sources, agree neither with the temper of the thought, or the dogmatic authentication of the sources from which it is derived. Some clerics do agree, and the cases of Quebee and Spain certainly provide strong arguments for the possibility of compromise between Catholicism and fascism. But the blanket...
...walked away with a sense of chagrin. What barrier was raised between us? Why was it impossible for us to converse? We were both enrolled in the same College, and yet I felt as if we lived in different worlds. Apparently he existed for the various College sporting activities through the year (as a spectator)--while after making scientific excursions into that field, I have found it wanting...
...plot unfolds in the fabulous Kuder mansion (of course on Broadway), where the footmen wear burgundy, the bellhops chartreuse, and the various rooms are connected with an intercom television network. Old Kuder goes after Ludviga with some very fancy small talk: "You are a goddess, I am a millionaire, so we are equals. I wish I were younger but immortality is one thing you can't buy even in America." Meanwhile, Dollar Princess Jenny plots to throw her father out of his business and get all the money for herself. She sings: "Love is no good at the bank...
...ruling grew out of the Mayflower Broadcasting Corp.'s unsuccessful application in 1941 to take over the radio frequency used by the Yankee Network's Worcester station WAAB. FCC had been blasting WAAB for broadcasting "socalled editorials . . . urging the election of various candidates . . . or supporting one side or another of various questions in public controversy." WAAB's license was grudgingly renewed but only on the station's promise not "to color or editorialize" the news...
Pulp trash you say. But this is not entirely true. Wylie is consistently entertaining and his basic point that modern civilization completely ignores the instinctual nature of man (by building up a great taboo structure around sex relations, for example) is well taken. The various diatribes in which he elaborates on this central this are mostly accurate and uniformly provocative...