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...Yell Leaders. Both the "papers of opinion" and the "papers of information" make the most of that freedom. "We are Latins," boasts stocky René Naegelen, publisher of Le Populaire. "Our press, on aime que fa gueule-we like it to yell!" The press makes no secret of its prejudices; the slogans of political parties and factions are emblazoned on mastheads. "To be informed," said an American newsman in Paris, "the Parisian must read at least five or six dailies. He must be more sophisticated and analytical than American readers. But after stripping opinions from the facts, he not only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The Crackup | 5/31/1948 | See Source »

...takes "Casey's Lit," a course that rambles amiably from Dante to Spenser to whatever pops into Casey's head. At his weekly talk in chapel, students still "wood" him (stamp their feet in applause). And after big games, they still gather about his Colonial house and yell "We want Casey!" until he emerges, beaming and blushing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Ex-Scholar | 5/24/1948 | See Source »

There's nothing like a feminine smile and a girlish yell to dress up a dreary picket line, as strikers at the Squires meat packing plant in East Cambridge will find out this morning...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Cliffe Democracy League, HLU, Bolster Picket Lines | 5/11/1948 | See Source »

Americans were beginning to understand what it meant to say: "I am an American." It meant more than owning the atom bomb, or having steak for dinner, or the inalienable right to yell "Kill the ump." It had begun to mean: "I am a citizen of a privileged and therefore obligated nation. I am no longer the prodigal son of Europe. I am my brother's keeper. But only free men can be my brothers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION: What Is an American? | 5/10/1948 | See Source »

...Angeles mansion with her husband, Singing Teacher Homer Samuels, and plans to move to a new country home near San Diego when it is finished. She has taken up painting. What does she think of opera today? "Music is an art," she says. "It's not a yelling business, or a ballyhoo business. It was an art the way we used to do it. Today, I'm afraid it is different . . . It may be that the whole thing is due to the times. The times are hysterical and yell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: The Working Class | 5/3/1948 | See Source »

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