Word: commend
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Said General Eisenhower, in a broadcast which must have had Washington's approval, if not London's: "We commend the Italian people and the House of Savoy for ridding themselves of Mussolini." To the Italians he offered "mild and beneficent" occupation, return of war prisoners, restoration of "ancient traditions and liberties...
First, I wish to commend TIME for putting enough confidence in the public's intelligence to give us the news, good...
Recently I have been reading that the Russian Government has felt it very timely and necessary to keep their artists, writers and musicians busy working, even in the stress of the present crises. I should like to commend TIME and LIFE for their help and interest in this present phase of American art. I believe, as in Russia, the artists can have, a direct effect on our war effort...
...radio is to be reformed, says Mrs. Gordon, the public must "become more articulate and not only condemn but commend." She herself cheerfully commends such programs as Mutual's Sing a Song of Safety, Columbia's School of the Air of the Americas, and Blue's erstwhile Music Appreciation Hour. She admits what many a reformer has discovered for himself, that educators and women's clubs cannot put on better children's programs than radio now offers. That is not their function. Instead, says Mrs. Gordon, they should spur radio to far greater efforts...
...current "Harpers," Dean Wallace Brett Donham of the Business School surveys "The College in a Changing World" and finds only one thing to commend--the fact that the war has cut the college period to three years. Most students will agree that shortening their training period without lowering standards and requirements is to the good. As Dean Donham points out, even the student who must earn his expenses will gain since he can now hold a year-round...