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...once a charming little fellow, now becomes sullen and spoiled. Egged on by the worthless Dr. Pal, the boy tries to get more & more money from Margayya; when Margayya resists, Dr. Pal spreads a rumor that Margayya is a fraud. In a matter of hours, the bank is bankrupt...
...March 23 article, "A Matter of Background," is incredible. Princeton and the Ivy League have a reputation for traditionalism. The preservation of decent tradition is a worthy thing, but the blind clutching at outworn and bankrupt tradition is not only unworthy, but in this instance vicious. The Daily Princetonian, in commenting on this effort to include all in the notoriously undemocratic upper-class eating clubs, has concluded that some students "did not have a social background which would fit them into the Princeton system," and inquires "Was it fair for the university to admit them...
...Beautiful is as boldly entertaining as a glossy musical comedy. With a talented cast and enough action for three pictures, this fable of Hollywood whirls through two agreeable hours, but the final result is rather insignificant. A bankrupt motion picture producer, Jonathan Shields, begs his former director, leading lady, and script writer to make one last picture for him. Before deciding, each of them recalls his former association with Shields, and their three reminiscences are the bulk of the film...
Insignificant and politically healthy then, this sort of mass catharsis, this action for the sake of action, is a bankrupt policy at best. It has few advantages, mostly those of domestic politics, and involves enormous risks. Surely the electorate has no need for such gestures, and surely the Republicans can reconcile that extra dose of firmness they talk about with vision...
...Tucker Auto Case, in which Promotor Preston Tucker's company went bankrupt before his rear-engine car got into mass production. SEC, said the committee, had waited too long in exposing the Tucker Corp.'s misleading statements about its solvency and prospects: "Had it done so, part of the loss which the investing public sustained in the Tucker case might have been averted...