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From Manhattan, the tabloid Daily News recalled with leering glee that the judge had once seen a musical called Wine, Women & Song three times before testifying that a strip-tease dancer had "turned her back . . . and rotated her buttocks." Gossipist Hedda Hopper noted that he was "the guy who made trouble for practically every studio in town" two years ago as the temporary head of the industry's self-censoring production code office. Sniffed Daily Variety: COOL RECEPTION ACCORDED PEEKER AT H'D MORALS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Man with a Mission | 5/1/1950 | See Source »

...international area came up this year with an acceptable substitute for Payson Wild, who left for Northwestern last year. Bundy conducted the ever-popular 170, International Law, and 185, the U. S. in World Politics; but the preliminary catalogue lists no 1950-51 instructor for this pair. Emerson, Hopper, and Cheever split up the rest of a somewhat pedestrian selection...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Government | 4/28/1950 | See Source »

Another try at producing rain with dry ice pellets dropped by spout and hopper attachments into the Catskill clouds was curbed by a downpour Thursday, March 23. Only good weather will allow the scientists to try out their $50,000 experiment in a third attempt today...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rainmaker Has 3rd Try Today | 4/10/1950 | See Source »

Howell had planned to start making rain yesterday by dropping dry ice through a spout and hopper attachment into clouds of the Catskills, but a downpour which began at 3 a.m. yesterday morning convinced the city that the $50,000 experiment wasn't necessary...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NY Rainmaker Rained Out | 3/24/1950 | See Source »

Howell announced that he will only claim as man-made rain that which falls downwind from his aerial seeding. His first test will be done with dry ice dropped through a hopper and spout attachment built into two New York police department amphibious planes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Forecaster Likes N.Y. Rain Project | 3/22/1950 | See Source »

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