Word: earnings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...refuse to appear with the orchestra if Furtwangler conducted. Rubinstein summed it up: "Had Furtwangler been firm in his democratic convictions he would have left Germany . . . Mr. Furtwangler chose to stay and chose to perform, believing he would be on the side of the victors . . . Now he wants to earn American dollars and American prestige. He does not merit either...
...second sequence, which has a strong satiric bite, hits a more realistic standard. It details a crisis in the home of an idealistic schoolteacher (Kirk Douglas) who rebels at the way his wife (Ann Sothern) helps earn the family living, i.e., by writing soap operas. In spite of the glass house it lives in, Hollywood here throws some viciously well-aimed stones at radio...
Fridolin, who scored a hit in Eddie Dowling's St. Lazare's Pharmacy in Chicago in 1945, was in no rush. Weekly receipts at the Theatre du Gesu were $12,000, and nearly half of it was profit (before taxes) for Author-Producer-Director Fridolin. To earn that kind of money, he played only five shows a week, had plenty of time left to spend with his wife and six children. Neither the money nor the hours would be as good on Broadway...
According to Princeton officials, however, the new program does not make it any easier for a student to earn his degree. Most students who failed under the old system will also fall under the new one, they explain...
...best way to untangle this executive snarl would be to drop the requirement that a man must compete against Yale to earn his letter--a horse-and-buggy relie pure and simple. The right of players to the "H" is something the coaches should decide. Captains of minor sports squads deserve major letters--this has been recognized heretofore, but again only in special cases. Finally, to improve the morale of minor sports athletes, squads having excellent but not perfect records should receive major letters (teams with perfect seasons get them automatically). These changes have long been needed...