Word: thoughtful
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...sundry buffets from some of the schools' more ardent dance fans because of his claim that Artie Shaw's retirement from the dance business was due to more than a desire for philosophical peace and tranquility; that in fact it was a rather hasty exodus. We have quite plainly thought that Artie was at times more than a little queer in his actions...
Deiving into one of his many hobbies, Roscoe Pound, University Professor and former dean of the Law School, will give a new course for the Classics Department during the present semester on "Lucretius and the Epicureans in Relation to Recent Thought...
...adopt resolutions on anything it does not believe." In other words, she upholds the right of a minority to speak for a group whom it claims to represent--and for whose silence it has made all necessary provisions. The President and his First Lady may be reconciled by the thought that they are both wrong. American youth should vent its views however "immature" they may be; this is not only its right but its duty. On the other hand, it should not interpret its freedom of speech as the right to "eject" the irksome opponent--and to talk on behalf...
...National City Bank predicted that 370 leading U. S. manufacturing corporations' combined net income for 1939 (after taxes and less deficits) would turn out to be around $329,000,000 or twice 1938's $159,000,000. Despite the last quarter steel boom, not everyone thought the two years were that far apart. But by week's end the first big crop of 1939 earnings statements were published, seemed to support National City's figure. Some of the increased profits...
...wisecracks regularly wowed Joan Crawford. But all the while Robert Montgomery wanted to be a gangster. Much against its better judgment his studio at last let him play a sneering homicidal bellhop in Night Must Fall. Cinemactor Montgomery had a high old time murdering Dame May Whitty, and critics thought it was pretty good too. But the U. S. cinemasses, who can spot a phony on the screen as quickly as on the street, stayed away from the box office. They thought Robert Montgomery was not the type...