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...seemed exorbitant to many, coming on top of a 316 charge per man for the new band coats to be distributed, even though half of this cost is refunded at the end of the season if the uniform is returned undamaged. Strongly resented also is the $3.50 fine deposit demanded from everyone, which is reduced 50 cents for every rehearsal missed...
...Rake's Progress. U.S. distributors have changed the title, on the theory that Americans might mistake the picture for a documentary on gardening (TIME, Aug. 5). U.S. censors demanded further appeasement. (Example: as an undergraduate cutup, the rake, or notorious gentleman, one day climbs an Oxford monument to deposit a chamber pot on the spire.* The Johnston Office, either on the grounds that a thundermug was an affront to American plumberhood or that it was just plain vulgar, substituted a silk...
...almost invisible speck of radioactive carbon-a millicurie*- became the first byproduct of atom-bomb-making to be released for medical research. Last week's buyer (at $367 plus handling charges and deposit on the bottle): the Barnard Skin and Cancer Hospital of St. Louis, which will use it only in research. It will not cure cancer...
...said that his office had made a mistake in withdrawing the permit for the Harvard, Liberal Union's OPA booth in the Square and in discouraging the group from distributing their leaflets. He added that the booth could be reestablished with the consent of the street department and the deposit of a $1,000 bond...
...solution in kerosene, painted or sprayed on screens, walls, mattresses, under sinks, shelves. It is good up to six months but a fire hazard when first applied. Aerosol bombs are less effective than painting; although they kill all insects in sight, they leave no lasting deposit...