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Word: know (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...know what were the original motives of the founders of the Academy Awards back in 1928, but even the most casual observer of Hollywood can see that it is today nothing more than a crass publicity device which even a solemn-toned, pipe-smoking, God-fearing President like lovable, old Jean Hersholt can not conceal. (And I want it understood that I am not saying one unkind word against the man who brought the darling Dionne Quintuplets into this world. I've got cockles like the next guy.) Nevertheless, President Hersholt has stated that the Academy subsidy has been withdrawn...

Author: By George A. Leiper, | Title: From the Pit | 4/27/1949 | See Source »

...paycheck, the employee would logically vote at least one film award to his studio, and perhaps the straight ticket if he's a good man. Even if he's only allowed by his union to spray cob-webs in studio haunted houses, he's wise enough to know the immense exploitation value in an Academy Award. I'm not sure which came first in each case, but the Best Film of the Year has always been a terrific money-maker...

Author: By George A. Leiper, | Title: From the Pit | 4/27/1949 | See Source »

Colton and White said they did not know who had bought the bank. Broker Johnston, who was elected a director, knew but was telling no one. However, the United Mine Workers had been talking for some time about buying a bank-and it made good financial sense. The welfare fund was likely to soar to $100 million and the union could make more money by putting it out in bank loans than by drawing interest on it as a deposit. But when newsmen asked Lewis if he was now a banker, all they got was a faraway look...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BANKING: Capital Mystery | 4/25/1949 | See Source »

...Court (Paramount), featuring Bing Crosby, is proof that Mark Twain, who wrote the original story, knew a thing or two that Hollywood has forgotten. Twain figured, correctly, that it would be fun to turn loose in the 6th Century a character with some of the scientific knickknacks and know-how of the igth Century. Twain also knew that to get the fun his audience must be willing to believe in the fantasy-' to accept it as a child accepts a fairy story. Unfortunately, the makers of this movie appear to believe in nothing but Bing Crosby...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Apr. 25, 1949 | 4/25/1949 | See Source »

...Hygiene Department has a fine big building near the trolley tracks on Mt. Auburn Street for the care and feeding of mild illnesses. Students who have managed to avoid stretch at Stillman don't know what they're missing, those who have been there find the experience unforgettable...

Author: By Paul W. Mandel, | Title: Circling the Square | 4/25/1949 | See Source »

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