Word: bitting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...second short opus. "Alien Corn" would like to be a bit of tragedy. A young man, frustrated in his sole ambition of becoming a concert pianist, takes his life. Here one of Mr. Maugham's vices creeps in. Lack of depth of emotion allows this piece to deteriorate to the level of a tabloid suicide at the end, though the whole thing is done with rich piano accompaniment, to be sure...
Then a sizable bloc of Southern operators, led by Island Creek Coal's President James D. Francis, dusted off John Lewis' own terse dictum, tailored it a bit and tossed it back in his face. Their message: "No contract, no royalty payments." The Southern operators, who produce 40% of the nation's coal, cut off their 20?a ton payments to the U.M.W.'s $90 million-a-year welfare and retirement fund...
...formality of the calls made Professor Doktor Heuss a bit uneasy. He had wanted the presidency as a sounding board for his democratic ideas. But now that he had it, his thoughts went back to his snug flat near Stuttgart, his cozy book-lined study with the apple branches brushing the windows. When reporters asked him if he wished to be addressed as "Excellency," Heuss snapped: "Certainly not! To everybody and anybody, I shall remain Herr Heuss...
...leaflets a year, plus an annual 100-page catalogue and two supplements. He has taken a firm hold on the business of supplying Texas schools and institutions. He also buys up publishers' remainders at rock-bottom prices, dolls them up in new dustjackets, sometimes changes the titles a bit, and keeps them moving across the counters and through the mails...
...this point, to stir up the suds a bit, Mature develops a bad heart and is told to quit the gridiron for good. Not daring to tell his wife, he takes to drink. For several reels the script shuffles about in this shoddy dilemma until it stumbles into a shoddier solution. Halfback Mature's recipe for mending a broken marriage: smear your wife's lipstick across her chin, beat her about the face and tell her you love her. All in all, Easy Living is no great shakes either as education or entertainment...