Word: yorkerism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...moppet in Carl Rose's famed New Yorker cartoon who said "I say it's spinach, and I say the hell with it," got some support last week from an unexpected quarter-the deadly serious letters column of the deadly serious British Medical Journal. The B.MJ. had recently pontificated that "spinach would seem to be particularly valuable for the nutrition of children, provided they can be persuaded to acquire a liking for its somewhat bitter taste." Not so, snapped back a London husband & wife team, Physician Joan E. Bamji and Chemist Nariman S. Bamji:' the stuff...
Kazin was the Literary Editor of "The New Republic" in the early 'forties, and is a frequent contributor to "The New Yorker." During the summer of1947, Kazin lectured at the Salzburg Seminar in American Studies...
...cartoonist for the New Yorker, Soglow is also the creator of The Little King which he new draws for King Features Syndicate. He is the author of the book, "Wasn't the Depression Terrible?" This is the tenth of the series on Harvard's new president. The next prediction will came from Yale and will appear in Thursday's paper...
Bandleader Edwards and his 15-man crew were selected because of their warm reception at last year's freshman Jubilee. Since then they have performed at the Commodore, the New Yorker, and other Eastern hotels...
President Gideonse. The Senators got some additional encouragement from another New Yorker: President Harry D. Gideonse of Brooklyn College, a famed liberal. Back in 1939, said he, the college was "sharply infiltrated" with Communists. But now the Communists are "on the run." Said Gideonse: Brooklyn recently dismissed six faculty members for refusing to answer the subcommittee's questions. A seventh resigned before testifying...