Word: share
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Coming Defeat of Communism has its share of jarring notes; ex-Marxist Burnham can be too pedantic and doctrinaire, sometimes sounds too pleased with his own conspiratorial cunning. Perhaps his most hopeful and least convincing thesis lies in his book's eye-catching title. He argues that it is necessary to believe in and trumpet the coming defeat of Communism-in order to give heart to the anti-Communist Resistance everywhere and to counter the myth of inevitable Red victory. Yet, while believing in the inevitability of its own victory, the Western world must not become complacent...
Firkusny still remembers his national heritage, seldom fails to include at least one Czech composer on his recital programs. "I'm not nationalistic enough to say Czech music is great music," he says. "But there is much good music." Lately he has also played more than his share of contemporary American music...
Pollster Claude Ernest Hooper threw a new scare into radio broadcasters. In Manhattan at the start of 1949, he reported last week, radio had some 81% of the nighttime broadcast audience, television only 19%. But by year's end radio's share of the nighttime audience was down to 59%, TV's up to 41%. The Hooperating was just what TV hucksters had been waiting to hear. Their flat prediction: TV's current U.S. audience of 12 million persons will be trebled...
...services, the conduct of our foreign policy ... I imagine he would tell us that officials in Washington or Emporia had always sought to hide as much information as possible, especially when they didn't quite know where they were going . . . He knew that we have at least our share of chumps and scoundrels in the newspaper business . . . but he was less afraid of our scoundrels than their scoundrels...
Miss Hayes has a reputation as one of the finest actresses of our time. It is easy to see why. She is able to play her difficult role with a restraint that is completely disarming. When she laughs or when she cries the audience must share her feelings, for she is actually the person who is affected...