Word: bans
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...result was three days of chaos. Then, as the filling-station tanks slowly filled again, OPA lifted the ban. Henceforth B and C cards were cut to three gallons a week instead of four, and it would be harder than ever to get these cards at all. But at least gasoline, infinitely more precious now than even Americans had realized, was being sold again...
First suggested by the Boston University "News," the league was to include Harvard, B.U., Boston College, Tufts, Northeastern, and the armed services. It was proposed as a means of perpetuating collegiate sports contests for the duration, by circumventing the expected ODT ban on unnecessary travel, which would prevent squads from participating in out of town games...
Dartmouth's wall, the one that keeps Hanoverites in and the rest of the world out, rose a few feet higher this weekend as the student-inspired administration order banning local use of automobiles went into effect. "Separation from the college" is the penalty for violation of the ban or misuse of gasoline coupons, although cars may be allowed in special individual cases...
...ban, which was announced over a week ago, was approved by student groups which ruefully admitted its complete fairness. All cars must be registered and permits obtained from the dean's office, but the wording of the ban apparently leaves long-distance travel untouched. The move is reminiscent of an abortive suggestion by the Harvard Student Council this summer that pleasure driving be curtailed...
Fredric March, better than holds up his farcical end. Robert Benchley is still Hollywood's most reliable ban vivant, though Cecil Kellaway, as the alcoholic old warlock, gives him unctuous competition. Veronica Lake, with a voice like a hoarse clarinet, makes a bewitching witch, scarcely taller (5 ft. 2 in.) than the broom she hexes. Rene Clair lets Thome Smith have his amiable way much of the time (good line from Witch Lake: "Ever hear of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire? That was our crowd"). But Clair's shrewish fiancée is a malicious...