Word: extras
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Divorcee (RKO). In adapting the successful musicomedy which kept Dancer Fred Astaire busy for a year in Manhattan and London, RKO's most apparent change was to insert an accent and an extra e in the last word of the title. This should cause no greater harm than mispronunciation among cinemaddicts. For the rest, the picture sticks to the pattern of its footlight original, with satisfactory results. Fred Astaire is still the centre of whatever plot there is. A dancer on a European holiday, he pursues a young lady (Ginger Rogers) who is seeking divorce from an absurd geologist...
...clause on which the whole case hinged - was found to be missing from the original text signed by the President. New oil legislation will probably be presented to the next Congress but oil men are now looking for relief in other directions. Just before the end of the fourth extra session of the 43rd Texas Legislature, a bill was passed giving the Railroad Commission jurisdiction over refined oil as well as crude. The swaggering individualists of East Texas have learned that heating their nonquota oil placed it in the classification of semi-refined and hence out of the Commission...
...allow débutantes you invite to your daughter's parties to bring 'extra men' with them. They usually arrive with 'bounders...
...evils of extra-curricular activities, long bewailed in these columns, would certainly be minimized under this plan of study. Less of the childish preparatory school attitude among undergraduates and faculty alike would prevail, and more genuine interest in things academic would arise. Conversely, this would bring about a more even balance between the present over-emphasis of the extra-curricular and the purely intellectual side of university life. The benefits of this plan can even be traced to their influence upon college entrance exams, allowing more latitude and freedom of preparation before coming to college...
...sense of sameness. No one can predict what will be served on a particular day of the week except that fish will always be available on Fridays. At frequent intervals a special steak or chicken dinner is offered. Besides the regular menu there is always an elaborate extra order list at additional cost...