Word: seriousness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...city boy and 2) a Roman Catholic. Some 63,000 votes behind Morrison came ex-Governor (1944-48) Jimmie Davis, sometime songwriting guitarist (You Are My Sunshine), who riled Ole Earl by stealing away the support of the Old Guard New Orleans regulars, won 207,000 votes with a serious, nonsinging campaign. With the 340,000 total votes of the nine also-rans providing the prize, "Chep" Morrison and Jimmie Davis will doubtless battle right down to the January runoff primary (the Democratic nomination means almost certain victory in the April general election...
Premier Khrushchev's own speech to the first Hungarian Party Congress since the 1956 revolt held up Hungary as a lesson for all Communists. The "disturbances" of 1956, he said, were "largely due to serious mistakes committed by the former leadership, especially Matyas Rakosi (now in Soviet exile), which undermined the party's authority." Said Khrushchev, in what sounded as if it might be a warning hint for Peking: "If the leadership of this or that country becomes conceited, if we distort the doctrines of Marxism-Leninism in the building of socialism and Communism, these mistakes...
...most deeply felt charge that serious Latin American critics level at U.S. policy is not stinginess or economic domination, but simple indifference-a lack of attention in high places. Last week the attention was coming from all over. President Dwight Eisenhower dropped word that he plans to make a good-will visit to Latin America next spring, before his trip to Russia (likely stops: Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile). And politicians of every stripe were paying Latin America the ultimate compliment of playing expert...
Strenuous & Serious. Though CBC scorns the rating game,*its prize shows are highly popular. Closeup sends cameramen anywhere (Cuba, Egypt, Taiwan), interviews anyone (Evelyn Waugh, Brigitte Bardot), tackles any subject (homosexuality in Canada). CBC is strong on serious drama (recent example: The Crucible') and occasionally goes all out for esoterica: it spent $147,376 on a full-length production of Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes. On CBC Folio the Winnipeg Ballet and the Toronto Symphony lure more than 1,000,000 viewers. Says CBC Vice President Ronald Fraser: "We do not degrade viewers to a type...
...remainder of the game, excellent Eagle backchecking and coverage, and the inability of the Crimson forwards to get off their shots when they should, prevented any serious threats by the varsity. Even with B.C. down a man for the last five minutes of the contest, the Crimson power play lacked authority, and the Eagle defensemen had a relatively easy time clearing the puck...