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...good hotel room despite the fact that 1) she seemed to be acting as a front for bookies, and 2) her husband earned $100 a week and used $90 of it to pay off a $14,000 debt incurred in passing bad checks. Another woman used her room to entertain "boy friends" (one of whom threatened to knock the hotel detective's block off) and kept her five children playing in the lobby until midnight, to the distraction of the desk clerk...
...college makes it easy for non-fraternity men to entertain their dates by allowing women in the dormitories until midnight on week nights and one o'clock Sunday morning. "If you want to keep things going," says one junior, "there are some resort gains a few miles away for all night blanket parties...
...music was superbly tailored to its job: that of complementing Henry V's sights, speeches and sound. Put on its own (as in the battle music), Walton's score is disappointing. It serves best as an accompaniment to Olivier's spine-tingling recital of "Now entertain conjecture of a time" and the St. Crispin's Day speech. Performance: excellent...
...Greeny Greenberg, a former associate of Bugsy, was found dead. Police arrested Bugsy. In jail, Bugsy lived fine, arranged for meals of steak and pheasant, and had liquor served in his cell to entertain his women visitors. And things took care of themselves. Two State's witnesses suddenly died: the case against Bugsy died with them...
Before Samborski's forces entertain any championship notions, however, they must first cope with a formidable Yale pitcher, Frank Quinn, who has yet to be defeated in league competition. Quinn, a right-hander, has won four Ivy League games, and possesses a blasing fast ball. His pitching rival today will be Jack Wallace, whose league record is four wins and a single defeat...