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This is Mallinckrodt's big chance to redeem itself in Harvard eyes--not by raising its usual stink, but by helping the coming Fourth of July to go over with a bang. Let Mallinckrodt's explosives budget be increased greatly. Some of the $2.34 left over from the Nieman Fund...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FOURTHS FOR THE FIREWORKS | 4/1/1938 | See Source »

Airily written, amusingly scored, sprinkled with reliable supporting players, Bluebeard's Eighth Wife has more deftness than heft, loses speed in the late rounds. Best fun: Actress Colbert warding off ardent Actor Cooper's advances with a scallion breath, announcing: "I'll fight you with every vegetable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Also Showing | 3/28/1938 | See Source »

Since last summer the biggest unofficial fact in publishing has been that William Randolph Hearst-nearing 75 and acutely "conscious of the uncertainties of life"- is liquidating those parts of his $220,000,000 holdings which make no profit. Junking of three big dailies was strong evidence of the trend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Hearst Prunes | 3/28/1938 | See Source »

NEW YORK, March 21 Arriving here today on the Queen Mary, the Cambridge University Rugby squad of 22 players were shown the city from the air. The American Airlines placed at their disposal two planes, taking them for a joy-ride over Manhattan.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cambridge Rugby Men Arrive in Gotham for Tiff with Elis, Crimson | 3/22/1938 | See Source »

The "systems" played by roulette addicts, if not simply schemes for pyramiding bets, are mostly based on supposed frequency patterns in which numbers or groups of numbers turn up. The casino managements, serenely confident that the best system ever devised will not prevent the house from getting its inexorable percentage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Gadget for Gamblers | 3/21/1938 | See Source »

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