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...script writer Carl Leo's first attempt at writing Broadway, comedy has resulted in a clever and, at times, very funny play. But it falls down where most comedies of its sort usually to--when the inherent humor of the original situation wears thin and the action sinks to meaningless dialogue. The plot of "Never Say Never" is reminiscent of the "Voice of the Turtle"; a young couple named Coralie and Alex live together in a New York apartment without the formality of marriage because the girl wishes to retain her independence. Complications set in when a former hometown beau...

Author: By Stephen Stamatopulos, | Title: The Playgoer | 11/13/1951 | See Source »

Toots Shor, according to one of his many friends, "has more on the ball than Hubbell." To those for whom this quotation is meaningless, this book will have little interest, for it is a series of three articles, reprinted from the New Yorker, describing New York's most fabulous saloonkeeper and sports...

Author: By ... HERB Meyers, | Title: Comic Tales of A Batender | 11/8/1951 | See Source »

...split would be "unfortunate," he feels, "but probably the best thing available." He admits that his point of view has changed since last fall, when, before Chinese Communist intervention in the war, he stated that "a divided country is an intolerable situation for all Koreans... victory would be meaningless to the South Koreans unless we gave them unification...

Author: By Winthrop Knowlton, | Title: Reischauer, Schwartz Feel Divided Korea Is Only Possible Settlement | 10/3/1951 | See Source »

Cole said that polling the freshmen would be "meaningless," since they would be too "emotional and confused" to give pertinent answers. Therefore the committee has decided to send polls--probably nearly five pages long--to about 500 selected upperclassmen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Council to Poll Upperclass Opinion Of G.E. Courses, Will Issue Report | 9/27/1951 | See Source »

This state of mind produces no easily definable political pattern. It is rather meaningless to talk of "democracy" in western Germany: the Germans at this point are neither particularly "prodemocratic" nor "anti-democratic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: GERMANY: UP FROM THE ASHES | 8/6/1951 | See Source »

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