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...lazy, and he is lazy because he has 15 children and he makes them work on his farm. But he has to have some job, so he is the Communist Party's informer. We all know him, and pay no attention to him. But we dare not offend him, or he would denounce...
...harried commission has made no decision. It will probably make none for many months, and any decision it does make is sure to rouse cries of anguish. If it gives color-telecast permission to CBS, the only outfit with a color system that works well at present, it will offend the manufacturers of black & white sets and their dealers, who are prospering on the status quo, and who fear that any promise of color will make the public stop buying. It will offend many TV station owners, most of whom, now living on hope and money transfusions, dread the greater...
...believe that England is going through a collapse which is one of the most subtle tragedies of our time, but the courage of the English, sensing full well the shape and extent of the collapse, is awe-inspiring. My article was not designed to offend a worried and overworked host, but to entertain...
...Queen Mother has no use for weakness of any kind. Her standards are as rigid and unchanging as her styles in hats and dresses. At one of her rare visits to an exhibition of modern art, says Wulff, "Queen Mary frankly did not like what she saw . . . Rather than offend the feelings of the artist by expressing her opinion, she remained silent...
Firsts & Fans. Though Lux Theater is careful not to offend, it has its moments of daring. Lux "broke ground in the radio field" by casting such opera stars as Lawrence Tibbett, Lily Pons and Helen Jepson in acting roles. The show boldly signed Radio Comics Jack Benny and Burns & Allen for "their first dramatic parts." And it induced Ronald Colman and Shirley Temple, "long holdouts from radio," to make their debuts...