Word: box
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...government man with the small box slung over his shoulder paced slowly to and fro, holding his rodlike detector close to the ground and listening to the sounds in his earphones: rhythmic clicks, five to 50 a minute, depending on the minerals under foot. As he walked, the clicking sped up, whirred into a roar. The man stopped, noted down the location. He had detected a deposit of the world's most coveted mineral: uranium ore, chief source of atomic energy...
...team." With one minute and 15 seconds left in the final period, and Yale leading Harvard by a decisive 10-3, Yale's Captain Artie Moher and Harvard's Dave Abbott tangled near the net (Yalemen say Abbott started it). Officials waved both players to the penalty box for two minutes for roughing-and failed to escort them. On the way they had words...
Double Feature. In Juarez, Mexico, the Feminine Police Corps, organized to discourage necking in movie theaters, was disbanded when theater owners complained of a box-office slump...
Though the 75% tax is abolished, Hollywood will not be able to take any more money out of Britain than-before. Out of a $68 million U.S. take at the British box office (1946 figure), the tax would have left Hollywood a maximum of $17 million; the new agreement places a $17 million limit on the amount of profits which can be taken out in dollars. All profits above that must be kept in Britain in nonconvertible sterling. Hollywood can invest this money in British-made pictures* or in whatever enterprises a special U.S.-British board will approve...
Tickets will be available at the Majestic box-office, the Coop, and several intown hotels...