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...clear that the board was still far from the scrap heap. Mechanics were already at work stripping out some old parts (such as the board's fact-finding function), putting in some new ones. Predictions were that the board would be recreated by statute (not, as originally, by a Presidential wave of the wand), that it would be backed up by another tribunal which would step in, if mediation failed, to arbitrate...
Nouveau riche, thriving, socially clambering, the movie colony lacks lineage and decorum. But, says Rosten: ". . . there is being formed an amusement-aristocracy . . . and Hollywood is assuming the social function of European royalty-'that of luxuriously diverting itself in public and diverting others...
...Total Espionage was ready to function. Its setup...
...last week the great combine had begun to function. Britain had shipped tanks and planes, the U.S. had pulled the string on Lend-Lease. But before the Russians could benefit, the aid must reach, not only Russia, but Russia's fighting fronts...
Professor Spencer's verdict on the merit of "The Trojan Horse" is undoubtedly correct, but his right to call a halt to an H.D.C. production on literary grounds is certainly tenuous at best. The function of an adviser as far as censorship is concerned is to pass on pornography. If the amateur actors wish to continue on their road to hamdom, it is their privilege...