Word: stem
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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Part of this attitude may well stem from pure Hopalongishness-a state of mind which has caused Boyd to cease all personal appearances at which his "friends" are charged an admission. But part of it is shrewd business practice. Boyd has no illusions that his popularity can continue at its present rate and he hopes to convert Hoppy from a television idol into a brand name before the roof falls...
Publisher Hecht has had only one resounding flop. Nine years ago, in an effort to stem the tide of blood & thunder comic books ("I won't publish stuff like that"), he brought out True Comics to tell the stories of great men and great deeds. True Comics made a poor showing against its hardboiled, blood-spilling brethren, and Hecht recently dropped it. In Children's Digest, he hopes to put over the idea in a slightly different way. Said hopeful Parent Hecht: "We think we can build the Digest...
...Philippines' Communist-led Huk guerrillas. Two weeks ago, the Huks went on the rampage again, attacked 15 villages, killed some 100 Filipino soldiers and civilians. Quirino decided it was time to tell the people the truth. He went on the radio, admitted his soldiers had failed to stem the Huk tide, called on his people to form a "citizens' army...
Brigadier General Chung II Kwon took over as chief of staff of the battered South Korean army when his predecessor, General Choi Pyung Duk, proved unable to stem the North Korean invasion. Rated a "first class officer" by U.S. military men, 36-year-old General Chung was trained in the rough-spoken Japanese army, but has long been noted in Korea for his polite, unsoldierly speech. Says earnest, spectacled General Chung: "There are two types of army people: one is the fighter, the excitable, rough type. The other is the planner. It is the planner's duty to remain...
...judges at the National Spelling Bee [TIME, June 5]. The laugh should have been on those who meddled with the dictionary spellings, rather than on the contest judges . . . To spell supersede with a "c" and coruscate with a double "r" is to disregard the Latin roots from which they stem. Sedere and cedere have entirely different meanings in Latin...