Word: box
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...clock the two fleet mares were ridden out onto the dusty alkali-white track. It was Texas' biggest quarter-horse, or "short," race in years: a match race between the two best short racers in the Southwest. In a box by the rail sat the three Hepler brothers of Carlsbad, N.Mex. They own Shue Fly, a true quarter horse-chunky, big-muscled, able to travel short distances (a quarter of a mile) with blinding speed. They had put up a $15,000 side bet, and most of the oldtimers went with them on Shue...
...works for the London Daily Telegraph got a jubilant mimeographed note from the boss, and an extra week's pay. Viscount Camrose had reason to celebrate: the sickly (circ. 80,000) daily he had bought into in 1928 had reached a healthy 1,001,047. A front-page box proclaimed: "This is the first time in the newspaper history of the world that any quality newspaper has achieved a million sale...
...doubt when this colossus was first conceived it seemed the epitome of box office appeal-a Western to end all Westerns, with plentiful portions of Sex to attract most of the less bloodthirsty patrons. Tossed into this menage were a threesome of Hollywood's more expensive thespians-Jennifer Jones as a half-breed done up in some brownish makeup and a number of rather low-necked costumes; Joseph Cotten and Gregory Peck as a couple of millionaire ranchowner's sons, one all good, the other all bad. A flock of other high-priced pieces of cinema talent help...
Moviegoers didn't exactly stampede the nation's box offices during the last couple of months. Local theatermen, according to Variety, offered various explanations for the slump. First there was the Lenten lull. After Easter, the weather was too warm in some parts of the country-and in other parts too rainy or too cold. Manhattan was too busy with its vaccinations. Some exhibitors just admitted that the movies they were offering were nothing to stampede about...
...excellent box-office draw was Sam Goldwyn's nine-Oscar-winning The Best Years of Our Lives. Other favorites...