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...latch on to this long-hair schmaltz myself, and I think Paul Mandel did a swell job of showing up the Advocate for using the word Zeitgeist in an article. It's time these literary characters found out that not everybody knows Latin...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Evocative? | 4/27/1951 | See Source »

...Trends. Lippert boasts that his "very fluid operation" allows him to "let go of a trend" much quicker than his high-budgeted competitors. He can also latch on to a trend more quickly. In ten days and for $91,000, he was fluid enough to put out a picture on space ships (Rocketship X M) in time to sop up the publicity being lavished on the then forthcoming Destination Moon. He beat every other studio to the Korean war with The Steel Helmet (now doing well enough to promise a $2,000,000 gross). Lippert prefers not to say what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Quickie King | 2/19/1951 | See Source »

...scuttlebutt around Boston's sprawling Navy Yard was too hot to ignore. For a price, went the rumors, a sailor could get a peek at secret examination questions, latch on to a promotion, or wangle a cushy desk job instead of sea duty. The commandant of the First Naval District started an investigation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: The Weed | 12/11/1950 | See Source »

...steady stream of wrong numbers continued at a five-a-day clip. It took about a week to discover that the number of the Telephone Shopping Service of Fileno's was ELiot 4-5000, and that Bostonians, in their haste to latch onto a new pair of pants, had been mixing up the phone number of "the world's largest specialty store" with that of four tired freshmen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Errant Phone Calls Plague Freshmen With Requests | 12/16/1949 | See Source »

This week, on the morning after U.N.'s third anniversary, Vishinsky informed Bramuglia that he had a "counter-proposal." Bramuglia hastily called the principals into his suite at the plush Hotel George V, locked the door, and turned the night latch. But the Russian "counterproposal" was no secret. It was the same old story: Russia wanted its currency introduced first-then it promised to lift the blockade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNITED NATIONS: Lesson for Juan | 11/1/1948 | See Source »

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