Word: type
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...Nuys (Calif.) Chamber of Commerce is a happy-peppy type of organization, full of fascinated preoccupation with its own machinery. At its annual dinner last week, the reports of its outgoing and incoming presidents, the installation of officers and introduction of guests took more than three hours...
...real explanation, says Dr. Bowden, is the "appalling swiftness with which death in the form of natural diseases snatches the young." A baby may be overwhelmed in a few hours by a disease of such an "explosive" type that no symptoms are showing when the child is put to bed. Most of the explosive diseases which kill infants in bed (sometimes by suffocation) involve the upper respiratory tract, ears or heart...
...case there should be any thought that Father Messineo was merely venting his own theological opinions, a Vatican" spokesman said: "Messineo's article has rendered the Church's stand absolutely clear . . . But it is certain that if this type of moral absenteeism . . . were to become widespread . . . the Pope would then intervene and give Messineo his full backing...
...must confess to ignorance on the policy of the University toward expression of opinions by professors in their lectures. I am opposed to any censorship or restriction of lecture material; expression of opinions through the usual channels of the press, however, would seem preferable, and any comments of this type in lecture should certainly be made subject to public answer. Frederick R. Coburn...
...very successful film versions of operas which have been sent over here recently from Italy--"Before Him All Rome Trembled" (La Tosea) and "The Lost One" (La Traviata)--have made some concessions to the customs of moviegoers. Each had talented and handsome actors, opera-type histrionics were minimized, the scenery was clean and smoothly pressed, and--most of all--the plot was made as plausible as a reasonable person should expect. In short, the producers were making a movie, not filming an opera...