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Finley's election to the George Eastman Profession ship was made last July, said Aydelotte, "on the basis of his being the leading man in his field." Thus, Finley will hold one of the two positions at Oxford given to American citizens, the other being the Harmsworth seat. His period of election lasts from October 1, 1954, until September, 1955, and presents the Corporation with the problem of finding a temporary replacement for him as master of Eliot House. In addition, Humanities 2 will need a new lecturer...
...Additional tax reduction is desired by everyone," said Under Secretary of the Treasury Marion Folsom, onetime treasurer of Eastman Kodak and longtime NAMster in good standing. "But taxes can be reduced further only as expenditures are reduced." Folsom saw little hope for big cuts in spending; in fact, said he, with the excess-profits tax expiring and personal taxes about to be cut, there was already the prospect of a $7.5 billion deficit next year. In view of that, the Administration would oppose the cut in corporate-tax rates (from 52% to 47%) and the elimination of some excise taxes...
...vainly seeks the affection of her daughter, a shrill hysteric who detests her. Beyond this, however, the play cannot be reduced to any pattern. The plot is at least as diffuse as the conversation, and the principal roles range from the alarmingly neurotic to the quite mad. Take Gertrude Eastman-Cuevas (Miss Anderson). Though sometimes she has "shadows," which she dispells by drinking "fizzy water," she is usually hard as nails, nagging her daughter Molly with contempt and loathing people in general. Her father, it seems, didn't love her. When she at last decides that the needs Molly...
...hopped from the cliff like a cricket"). Miss Dunnock seems uncertain whether she should be tragic or pitifully absurd, as she flings hot-dogs around the stage and talks of the husband who never loved her. In any case, she gets little sympathy, least of all from Mrs. Eastman Cuevas, who tells the widow who clutches her hysterically and begs her not to leave: "Stop brooding!", a line reminiscent of Charles Addams' "Stop mumbling, Georga...
...This year amateurs are spending well over $100 million on developing and printing, as against $20 million in 1940. ¶ The photographic industry will net an estimated $700 million, against $126 million in 1939. The lion's share, an estimated 65%, will go to Eastman, the rest to Ansco, Du Pont, and nearly 200 smaller camera and equipment manufacturers...