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Long noted that educational institutions pay some funds to the city in which they are located "in lieu" of direct taxes, but that none of this goes to the state...
...place of the traditional Monday evening poker games at Holyoke House, the current Niemans are holding an article writing seminar with Navy Commander William J. Lederer. In lieu of drinking parties, this year's group is scattered between public speaking missions, legitimate theater parties, and sightseeing trips through historical New England. In place of a rugged athletic program, a few of the fellows have settled for quiet games of handball...
...meets, loses and finally gets a plantation heir (Howard Keel) newly arrived from Ohio. In the full flush of health, she glows in almost every tint of the Technicolor spectrum, swims not only on the water and under it but also (in a dream sequence) in the sky. In lieu of comedy, Actress Williams and Singer Keel laugh with unconvincing gaiety on the flimsiest excuse. The score consists of the kind of music that audiences whistle on their way into the theater. In its own unintentional way, Pagan Love Song is mildly amusing; if it were just a little better...
...Cambridge, Harvard and the City worked out a "gentlemen's agreement" at the time of the Harkness gift for the Houses. Since the University intended to take a good deal of land off the tax rolls to build Eliot and Dunster Houses, it decided to pay a sum "in lieu of taxes" on the property. One reason for this action was the Council's threat to halt Harvard's buying of high tax rate land along the river. The agreement has carried on and was renewed when the first Plan E Council took office...
...make matters worse, Hearst met rising production costs by cutting down on news coverage in the face of exhaustive, conscientious coverage by the Tribune. How much Hearst lost in Oakland, no Hearstling would say. (A healthy chunk went to cover severance pay, vacations, and two weeks' pay in lieu of notice.) But the loss was big enough so that no one was likely to start up another paper to challenge the monopoly of the Tribune...