Word: getterism
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...last week was inclined to think Henry Agard Wallace a pretty good idea man. A new program series, worked up at his suggestion, turned out to be the mail-getter of the week. What was more, it belonged to a class of program in which U.S. networks have usually been mediocre or worse. The show was in fact a lot fresher than its title, Down Mexico Way (Sat. 4 to 4:30 E.W.T...
...stand-still by 1940. The war will continue to absorb college materials. And the middle class, which has always supplied the greatest proportion of students, will be less able to support a long, expensive education after the war--especially when that education is no longer a sure-fire job-getter...
...last, an old, worn-out man, Father Chisholm prepared to return to Britain. Two young go-getter priests came out to replace him, talked about an airplane for making their interurban visits. "He's a case," said Father Jerry. "After all he's not so bad, if you take him the right way," said Father Steve, "anybody would get a bit queer in the topknot after being over thirty years out here alone." Then Father Chisholm had his last great triumph. When he saved Tycoon Chia's son, the proud, highly civilized, subtle Chinese had formally offered...
...last taking speaking lessons, stumped for Joe Baldwin. So did Tom Dewey and Fiorello LaGuardia. The election was a significant test of issues and men that reached far beyond Manhattan. For Republicans it was a test of Willkie's foreign policy, of his ability as a vote-getter for somebody else. For Democrats it was a test of whether or not voters would continue giving unqualified support to New Deal policies. For isolationists, it was a count of the number of strange bedfellows brought together despite violent domestic disagreements...
With 203 of a possible 377 questionnaires being returned, 193 men favored increasing undergraduates influence in elections and social functions, with five opposed and five making no reply (a 97.5 percent affirmative response). Oddly enough, the second biggest vote-getter among the four questions was the proposal to institute the payment of small annual dues to defray the costs of increased social activities. The vote...