Word: graded
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Thee (lyrics by Alfred Hayes, music by Alex North, Al Moss, others; produced by Nat Lichtman) is a straining little revue in which there is so much stale beer, amateurishly brewed, that when a fair grade of theatrical champagne arrives it seems like Veuve Cliquot. Really sparkling is the ballroom dancing of Cappello & Beatrice...
...Corwin, who is leaving New York especially to address the meeting, is the author of "They Fly Through The Air" and several other high-grade radio dramatic scripts...
Warner Bros, didn't use her, wouldn't let anyone else either. Irwin obtained her release and put her into Broadway's Les Ambassadeurs nightclub, where the late great comedy team of Clayton, Jackson & ("Schnozzle") Durante offered a grade of lunacy which their admirers still feel has never been equaled. Ethel was still far from feature billing and remained so until 1930, when she began to reach larger audiences. At a banquet connected with Franklin Delano Roosevelt's campaign for reelection as Governor of New York she added The Star-Spangled Banner to her lusty repertoire...
...Orleans because over-mountain trips sicken his wife). He was happy. Well over 90% of his bonds are sold; underwriters expect to have empty shelves by week's end. Better still, he had once more outmaneuvered the "Big Five," set a new low level for high-grade utility bonds...
...government job is, in the eyes of Hobbing, a particularly unfortunate one. Not only is he blocked by the Civil Service emphasis on experience, but he is also completely befuddled and bedamned by an annoying little custom known as veteran preference. In many instances, veterans receiving an examination grade of 60 or better are placed at the head of the Civil Service list, while no other competitor can even pass his examination without a grade of at least 70. "Youth is blocked by the burden of the past, by old men and old ideas...