Word: hire
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Stars-to-Be. But now the operatic paradise may be about to turn cold for Americans. Last week the German stage-artists union published an editorial demanding that opera hire German artists, at least when they are as good as the invaders. Echoed Bonn's General-Anzeiger: "After all, the foreign ladies do not stay here long. And we are not really a conservatory for the stars-to-be of the U.S.A...
...despite constant pressure on the University to hire a coach for the generally impecunious debate team, little assistance has thus far been forthcoming. Ernest R. May, instructor in History, has served this year as unpaid advisor, acting as liason with the Administration and occasionally accompanying a team on a tour. Otherwise, all preparation is up to the individual debator. While the Council can afford to pay for gasoline or busfare, the debators themselves are usually forced to bear the other expenses of touring...
...Dick is released with a nervous tic behind his left ear, and the vaguely damning words "constitutional inferiority" stamped on his army discharge papers. His wife is loyal, but in the outside world his case record makes him as untouchable as an ex-jailbird. His old boss refuses to hire him back. Everywhere he meets "the look" which translates "can't take the risk." Then a chemical firm decides to take the risk and hires him. Dick discovers a new process for making nitric dust and seems to be usefully rehabilitated until Author Wagner's boobytrapped plot explodes...
With Struik's indictment on invalid grounds about to be dismissed, M.I.T.'s basis for continuing his suspension will be upset. The Institute must either hire him now that his case is settled, as implied by the conditions of its original suspension decree, or fire him on new grounds. In fairness, his suspension cannot be continued pending expected appeals of the invalidating decisions, for the only three alternatives open to anti-Struik zealots seem doomed to failure from the start...
...musicians' union recommends two ways to alleviate the situation: 1) repeal the 20% cabaret tax in the hope that owners will hire musicians again, and 2) pay a Government subsidy to performing organizations such as European countries...