Word: fears
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...work. In a town that is totally dependent on publicity for its survival, such opposition has made it tough for Welles to make the kind of pictures he wants to make. He has made two others--Booth Tarkington's "The Magnificent Ambersons" and Eric Ambler's "Journey Into Fear"--which are still examples for Hollywood to emulate. He has appeared in other pictures from time to time as a salaried employee. But no picture has come out of Hollywood since the advent of sound with the genius of "Citizen Kane...
...wary of letting Russian troops into the Near East; but they are unwilling to employ their own forces and risk straining economic relations with the Arab states. Unfortunately, there also seems to be political considerations; the United States delegation apparently is delaying action until after the November elections, for fear of antagonizing pro-Arab and pro-Jewish groups...
...union shop has long been basic to union security. When a labor leader knows that every man who comes to work in the shop must subsequently join the union, he need not fear that management will be constantly undermining the union's strength and thus its bargaining position...
...bank was also unimpressed with the steelmen's fear that the new pricing system will force many plants to move closer to their steel supply. The manufacturer's steel bill, said the bank, was only one consideration in placing his plant. Others were labor, transportation, and markets. Snapped the bank: "The full impact of the change in our economy will not be apparent for some time, and investigators should not be misled by pat arguments which seem to furnish easy answers to complex problems...
...never hesitated to ask influential friends to advance his cause, resented being second in anything and lived in constant fear of losing "preferment, character, credit, esteem, honor...