Word: commenting
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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When asked whether the Navy's attention to the difference in the certificates at other schools might cause a change in Harvard's certificate, Captain Carroll T. Bonney, professor of Naval Science, refused to comment on that particular question but said that "the entire loyalty program is under constant study and revision. There have been changes in the past and there probably will be in the future...
Willie's predicament, and his way out, give Director John Ford and some able performers a chance to enrich Hollywood's current war cycle with what has been missing thus far: comedy and comment. Less cutting and vigorous but still strongly reminiscent of the early Preston (Hail the Conquering Hero) Sturges, the movie delightfully sasses Army brass, a small town's home-front foibles and the windy patriotism of the professional World War 1 veteran...
...Brown, speaking as a non-member of the Harvard faculty, stood wholeheartedly behind the therapeutic value of National Smile Week. He stated that "laughter is a recognized therapy--a real medicine for illness." Professor Arlie V. Bock, Oliver Professor of Hygiene, could not be reached to comment on Brown's statement...
...date for a practical demonstration of electric power production, 10 years before we get a bigger, but still high-cost plant, and 25 years before a "substantial part" of our electrical energy could be produced by fission. Could this be speeded up? "That's something I'd better not comment on," but there was the impression that something could be done...
McCabe reported that he has "a few leads but nothing has materialized yet. I'll sit tight and hope things get straightened out this week." Madar was not available for comment...