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...citadel of American education, however, will not be so lax in examining him as an athlete. An exhaustive perusal of his gridiron pedigree ensues, under the guidance of Lloyd Jordan, who, Mr. Bender notwithstanding, seems to be our new director of admissions. In addition, we have such nauseating stunts as entertaining entire prep school football teams at one of our Saturday afternoon flascos, a device calculated to lure scholar-athletes by evoking their feelings of pity...
David and Bathsheba takes itself much more seriously than Samson and Delilah. Scripter Philip Dunne has made a literate adaptation of the story from the second book of Samuel. His characterizations of David (Gregory Peck), a national hero grown cynical, lax and unpopular, and Bathsheba (Susan Hayward), a proud, shrewd charmer, are thoughtful and thorough. And Peck's performance carries surprising authority...
...West Germans managed to slip more than $74 million of strategic materials into the Soviet zone on an ostensibly "legal" basis, with the help of phony invoices, bribed or lax custom guards, intricate shipping techniques. On one occasion, 89 separate pieces of machinery were passed through West German custom guards; reassembled on the other side, they turned out to be a complete boiler factory. Other supplies move through "triangular trade"-a West German industrialist will ship a smelting plant, for example, to Belgium and from there it will be shipped to East Germany. In addition to this "legal" trade...
...Macy's, took on a familiar look. In most instances, in skirmishes throughout the nation, it was simply a return to the loss-leader method of catching customers. In Akron, druggists made much of lopping 30% and more off the prices of such national brands as Ex-Lax, Anacin, and Drene shampoo, left other prices unchanged. One Atlanta jewelry store caught the fever, cut diamond prices as much as 50%. Even in New York City, the war had simmered down to smaller price cuts, usually in cheaper lines. But there were still flare-ups. Union Square...
...Council unanimously passed Councilman Edward J. Sullivan's order to the License Bureau to be more careful about issuing permits for moves in Cambridge. Sullivan commented that "someone was lax" in allowing the film "Ecstasy" to be shown at New Lecture Hall two nights last week. He also indicated, however, that he would not press the issue of the movie's showing...