Word: droppings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...half their capacity. Last week, Rank and his subsidiaries had just four productions before the cameras, compared with ten a year ago. An actor at liberty summed it up with an old Hollywood gag: "Out at the Rank studios it's so quiet you can hear an option drop...
...British films, is no joke to Britons. In the last twelve months, he has fired nearly 1,800 production workers (about 35% of his staff) and kept step with other British moviemakers by cutting the pay of most of those left by 10 to 20%. The drop in movie production was so sharp that Labor
While you are down around the square area you might drop in at the Old Howard (burlesque) or the Casino (foolthy acts). Don't buy the Nestle bars or the censored picture from Esquire unless you intend to sue for mis-representation...
Already defeated this season by Tufts and Rhode Island State, the varsity is working doubly hard this week. Like a losing poker player who doesn't dare drop, the team is hoping to make its comeback bid later in the game. For the team, a win over the Indians would more than even the season's record. Anything after that is sheer profit, like a win over Yale or something else similar that you just don't talk about out loud...
...construction of a Porter Square station to funnel off much of the current MTA traffic could further simplify Harvard Square. The chance of this happening in the near future is nil. Not only is the MTA broke, but Harvard Square merchants would be sure to protest the resulting drop in trade should Porter Square become the North Cambridge outlet...