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...told," drawled Mississippi's red-haired Bill Colmer, "that [FEPC] would prevent discrimination in private employment because of race, color, creed or national origin". . . but the proponents ... do not point out that it is the most flagrant proposal for the regimentation of business...
Cabot told the House Committee that the University agreed the buying of businesses by educational institutions was a flagrant abuse of existing tax laws. "It is easy to see," he said, "that two directly competitive businesses cannot in fact compete if one of them must pay 38 percent of its earnings as a federal income tax and the other pays nothing...
Relying on the local critics isn't always practical either, because the show you see on opening night may be quite different from the one you see during the second week of the run. (A flagrant case of this is Garson Kanin's play, "The Rat Race," of which only 35 percent of the original 'Boston' script remained by the time it opened in New York...
Generally, the election issue is whether or not to re-elect Mayor Curley. An extravagant administrator, Curley has spent every cent he can get his hands on plus some of the future tax money, to employ everyone he can. He has, too, allowed even fostered sources of flagrant graft in the city's government. On the other hand, he has accomplished a number of worthwhile projects--housing, recreational facilities, reads. His opponents accuse Curley of keeping the tax rate at a sky-high $56.80; of maintaining high assessment valuation; and of abating assessed valuation discriminately. Yet, Curley can point that...
...psychology, the characters and the dialogue matched the profundity of the story. But to one who is slightly inured to moviemaker ways, this movie was by no means distasteful, except for such flagrant cliches as: "Hold your head high; we're not beaten...