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...College Laws of 1734 levied a five shilling fine for "Fighting; lying; drunkeness; tumultuous and indecent noises; and going on roof of old Harvard or cutting lead from same." The penalty was ten shillings for "Profane cursing and swearing; playing cards or dice; neglecting anaysis of scripture; walking or other disturbances on the Sabbath; and firing gun or pistol in Yard...
First, denials of nightclubbing, then of dice; Millikin displayed mock horror at such unworldliness. "Soon," he said, "the Senator will disclaim any knowledge or interest in many activities in which many people engage, and he will then stand in an exalted sort of position and we will all have to act like disciples of Father Divine." Millikin made a tiny bow at Douglas. "Good Father, please spare us from that...
Salt of the Earth had its world premiere last week in a tiny third-run-and-revival house in Manhattan's Yorkville district. The critics had a variety of reactions. The Herald Tribune's Otis Guernsey denounced Salt as "a game played with loaded dice ... at the expense of the whole truth." The Times's Bosley Crowther called it simply "a strong pro-labor film." A more inspired appraisal came from the Daily Worker's Joseph North: "This movie stands with the best ever made, here or anywhere across the waters...
...issues, private and public, find reconciliation in the climax as the com pany gives up and the workers win. The dice, without doubt, are loaded. Every boss who crosses the screen is either a sleek deceiver or a leering flunky, and the police are slavish doers of the corporate will. Nevertheless, the film, within the propagandistic limits it sets, is a work of vigorous art. It is crowded with grindingly effective scenes, through which the passion of social anger hisses in a hot wind; and truth and lies are driven before it like sand...
Just Us Historians. In Akron, police raided a null room, inside found two chairs, a bed, a table, a dresser, three pairs of dice, twelve decks of cards, one bottle of gin and 23 men who explained that they had gathered "to discuss current events...