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...independent producers who raise much of the production cost themselves; the studios put up part of the money and take care of distribution. Thus United Artists, a subsidiary of Transamerica Corp., will pay only 20% of the cost of producing the two war movies. Indeed, studios are generally loath to spend as liberally as in the era of Cleopatra. Says MCA President Sidney Sheinberg: "If Jaws had cost $20 million, we would not have made...
...common belief that the homecourt advantage sways officials because they are loath to rile the clambering multitude has little credibility with either Hannon or Diehl. "It doesn't bother me" says Hannon, "if you make the call right away, at least you're calling what you're seeing. You're like a salesman out there and you've got to make the two teams assured of what you're doing...
...President was loath to help New York during its fiscal crisis because he has bad memories from the city's great blackout; he was trapped for six hours on an escalator...
...acceding to Chrysler's demands poses severe problems too. The government is trumpeting a vague new policy of aiding companies in 30 as yet unselected "key sectors of industry" that are efficient and have prospects for rapid growth. Chrysler scarcely qualifies, and Wilson is loath to make a mockery of his new strategy before it even begins. Early this year the government took over the ailing British Leyland Ltd.; by helping Chrysler now it would be competing with itself and, government officials fear, subsidizing overcapacity in the auto industry. The government has lately refused to aid some home-grown...
Eldridge Cleaver's voice was soft and modulated and sprinkled with pauses as he discussed his latest venture--not his efforts to return to the United States, which he was loath to discuss, but his new role as entrepreneur, the designer of a new line of slightly obscene men's trousers...