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...French decision to ban the import of Irish shellfish shattered the Islanders' chief livelihood: lobster fishing. Hard hit by the winter's gales, unable to get food from the mainland, the elders of Blasket gave up. To Ireland's Dail (Parliament) last week they sent pleading letters: "Take us off the islands; give us cottages on the mainland." The Blaskets had decided to give back their six isles to the pixies, the pookas and the hobgoblins...
...between integrity and self-interest when a source of revenue becomes a source of public danger. In the present case, what shall a drug manufacturer do when he learns that under certain circumstances his chief product is harmful and even fatal? After all, not just his own livelihood is at stake, but that of his associates, his employees, the town itself. Before Julian Prescott (well played by Howard Lindsay) comes to a decision, there is much airing of opinions and a fair amount of melodrama...
...Annapolis degree established him as an engineer in Cuba; in that profession, together with sugar-planting, he has since made a comfortable livelihood. His naval training also qualified him to lead a filibustering expedition ashore at Gibara in eastern Cuba in 1931 in a vain effort to overthrow the Machado tyranny. Amnestied, he went into exile until Machado was finally toppled two years later...
...decision to "take the cloak of the fifth amendment" and refuse to give information because of "self-incrimination" cost her Hollywood livelihood. "But I was through with Hollywood before it was through with me," she said...
Actor Miller, 28 and a towering 6 ft. 6 in. tall, is typical of Manhattan's 4,000-odd TV performers who get just enough parts to keep their hopes up, but not enough for a reliable livelihood. As a result, many of them take time out from haunting producers' offices to do part-time work as peanut vendors, sightseeing guides, sales clerks, doormen and soda jerks. Miller differs from the rest mainly in the choice of his principal sideline, which puts him on TV screens nearly as much as his acting in such shows as Stop...