Word: hire
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...editor I wouldn't hire the Government as a reporter because it does a bad job of reporting the biggest story in history to the people. I wouldn't hire the Government as a news service because its stories are too often unreliable and incomplete...
Moore's close connection with Japan's government was no innovation. Since the days of Commodore Perry Japan's leaders had clearly seen that to compete successfully with the Western powers they must hire Westerners as teachers. German officers came to train the army, British and American sailors to train the navy, and a mixture of many nationals to teach foreign languages and sciences, to advise on administration and the conduct of foreign relations, "to assist in changing the nation from a confusion of medieval feudal baronies to a united modern state." Moore came to them with...
...women from 18 to 51 for war industry-either from other jobs or from their homes, 2) keep every essential worker at his job, 3) move workers from their homes to sections where labor shortages are acute, 4) forbid employers to dismiss essential workers, 5) force employers to hire through Government agencies. The U.S. bill is slightly milder, but Government officials admit that it will give McNutt "distributory control over the labor supply" and "power to freeze labor...
...were "introduced" to cinema audiences. If there's any good luck charm attached to tacking a new star's name on at the end, instead of at the beginning of his starting venture, it has proved its validity in Paramount's "introduction" of Alan Ladd in "This Gun For Hire...
...picture is complete today without its ring of sinister saboteurs, and "This Gun For Hire" has its share of them, headed by hulking Laird Cregar, who again manages to turn in an effective characterization of a refreshingly unstereotyped villain. There's a love interest, too, with Preston Foster and Veronica Lake as the involved parties. Ladd doesn't win the girl-he doesn't even try-but he does win a whopping head-start as Hollywood's best discovery in years...