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...Shrewd, Coolheaded, Determined...
...shrewd, coolheaded and determined policy of good will may pay as many peace dividends as a shrewd, coolheaded and determined policy of power politics. It may, just may, turn out to be more costly, but the gains may also be much greater...
...national convention in 1948, was talked about. Russell as majority leader, running Senate legislation, might be more than Mr. Truman could bear. Russell himself was not willing to play the role of presidential advocate. Compromise candidates were discussed: Wyoming's New Dealing O'Mahoney, 66, sharp and shrewd but in poor health; New Mexico's Clinton Anderson, 55, a faithful party man but solidly opposed to Mr. Truman on the Brannan Plan; Arizona's Ernest McFarland, 56, meek and mild and notably neutral...
Last week Kramer teamed up with shrewd Sam Katz, cofounder of the Balaban & Katz theater chain, onetime vice president of Paramount Publix, longtime M-G-M executive, to form the Stanley Kramer Co., Inc. As president and executive producer, Stanley Kramer will contribute his abundant talent and his team. Board Chairman Katz will contribute his distribution know-how and $2,000,000. Once the company really gets rolling, said President Kramer, it will produce and distribute some 20 films a year...
...songs (e.g., I've Got the World on a String, It's Been a Long, Long Time, Taking a Chance on Love), enlist June Haver and Gloria De Haven, who perform proficiently as a sister team, and radio's Tenor-Comic Dennis Day, whose shrewd timing as an arrested adolescent makes him the movie's most valuable player. In the role of Day's publishing partner, William Lundigan labors unrewardingly with most of the plot chores...