Word: contracting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...would have time to learn. This fall, he will come over to the Met when the Edinburgh Festival is finished, look over Johnson's shoulder as "manager-designate" for a season before taking over on his own three-year contract. What he will see is a challenge to any man: money troubles, overage scenery, outdated lighting and staging techniques, under-enthusiastic singing and acting. But at least he will get plenty of advice. The Daily News's John Chapman spoke for the other critics: "Man and boy, I've been telling Johnson and [Giulio] Gatti-Casazza before...
Rumors have been circulating to the effect that Ivy may get the contract for for a short on University life now being considered by the corporation. Neither Yoder or University officials have any thing definite to say about this, but Ivy would seem to have a lot of good arguments in its favor...
...only TIME [it appears] but the vast majority of our citizenry have little or no knowledge of the socalled "seniority clause" that infests almost every union contract . . . The "seniority clause" requires that the last to be hired must be the first fired; and the last hired includes some mighty fine young men, while the old "sluggards" remain to foment trouble, harass management and keep up costs...
...total of these is greatly increased by the lack of any coordination in spending. The Council approves an expenditure, and a committee chairman takes care of it in his own way. For example, the Council's printing this year was handled by numerous companies throughout New England. A large contract with one printer would undoubtedly be cheaper. This coordination calls for either an expansion of the treasurer's duties to something besides signing checks or hiring a student business manager...
Jennifer Jones, 30, whose contract ranks among his most valuable professional properties. Then they headed for the south of France to be married...