Word: earned
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...cities, had brought $5,567,000 to the box office. One of Producer Selznick's worries at the time of the premiere was how long it would take GWTW to make the $5,000,000 that it had to make before it began to earn any profits at all. Priced from 75? (matinee) to $2.20 (Manhattan's Astor), it had toppled house records almost everywhere. Produced for $3,850,000, it was expected to gross up to $20,000,000 in a year and a half (with foreign distribution). That would make a handsome profit for Distributor...
...this week, and he will be replaced in the 136 pound class by Harry Blaine, another Sophomore. The most remarkable change, however, is Dick Lewis, who is listed as the 175 pound wrestler. He won a decision over Duncan Longcope during the week in a hard, fast match to earn himself the position on the team...
...Geographical Exploratin will seem admirable. Featuring Danielle Darrieux (elle garde toujours ses lignes), Abus de Confiance is a pleasant little tale about an orphan girl in Paris who is forced to quit the university because her grandmother dies without leaving any money. Danielle, as Lydia, tries every means to earn herself a living; that is, except the unmentionable--and she refuses to try that. She has a pretty hard time because of all the men who appreciate her for the wrong reasons, but manages to stand them off, starving all the while. In desperation she poses as the daughter...
...gone about her political career as quietly as she would order a dinner for eight. Three years ago, Congressman George H. Bender blasted away at "royalists of the Republican Party," and "pocketbook domination of its councils." Replied Mrs. Bolton: "None of us has any rights except those we earn." To Boss Bender, Mrs. Bolton is now an "ideal candidate...
...jobs. Every year a growing percentage of students look for work to help pay expenses. Every year almost as may men haunt the Student Employment Office unsuccessfully as apply for jobs and obtain them. It should become more and more possible for brilliant men of small means to earn their way at Harvard...