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There is still great moral strength in the French people. Observers who know present-day French youth are favorably impressed by its vigor. There is great patriotism, even among the French workers who call themselves Communists. Most of them are Communists for revenue only: they strike for wages, but they will not strike for Communist political objectives. Although the French dockworkers' union is supposed to be 100% Communist-dominated, the Reds are failing in their present all-out drive to have the dockers refuse to unload ships with U.S.military...
...your remark: "If it ever was, civilization is nothing now to write poems about." If this is the case, then there is no reason why you should bring out four pages on one who . . . has helped to "make us from time to time a little more aware" of the present-day dilemmas of our so-called "Christian" society. If good poetry is not necessary and useful to our present-day setup, then it would be better for you not to waste so much space...
...guidance. More than 300 pediatricians, sociologists, neuro-psychiatrists and psychologists, said Coy, were questioned on the effects of crime programs. The results: 90% said such shows had a bad psychological effect on children; 93% said radio thrillers and programs ending in suspense had a bad effect; 81% agreed that present-day radio programs contribute to children's delinquency or antisocial behavior...
...first half of her program Miss Skinner mirrored women, present-day variety, with an amazing virtuosity. With the utmost case she shifted from the characters to another. She played young women, middle-aged women, and old women; women from Kentucy, Ohio, New England, Sweden and France. All this she accomplished with no more of a costume range than the rearranging of a red beret...
Those who heard his speech at the Alumni meeting the night before the Princeton game were convinced that Valpey, unlike most of the men involved in present-day football, knew that the current situation in the colleges was unhealthy. They realized that he was a man who would not be afraid to lead a college that would follow him to a saner plane of operation...