Word: looks
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...lucid lecture on Britain's "concealed inflation" (the Crowther view: an oversupply of demand) and its inevitable end ("we are disconcerted now by the boominess of the boom, as we shall be equally disconcerted by the slumpiness of the slump"). In the next seven weeks he will talk, look and listen his way across the U.S. "to see when the 'crack' is coming, to see who the next President will be, to find out how firm the Marshall Plan...
...Second Look. In Manhattan's 71st Regiment armory, lingerie models gave buyers a peep at the industry's new look in lingerie. It was exciting enough to start wags chasing models (see cut). But the new taffeta ruffled petticoats (some designed to show an inch below dresses), teddies trimmed with a six-inch embroidered net design, and haremlike ankle-length pantaloons for sleeping were serious business to the lingerie industry. Thanks to them, it hoped to boost its sales up from 1947's record high of about $430 million...
Movies have always been expert at picturing cities, but Treasure excels most of them in the streets, park benches, eateries, bars and flophouses that are the backgrounds for its opening reels. The main characters make most so-called simple men in the movies look two-dimensional and sentimentalized. In the superb camera work (by Ted McCord), there is not one fancy or superfluous shot...
Last week, Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced measures that might make business at least share the blame: 1) an all-party committee of Parliament would look into profiteering; 2) there would be prosecutions "where necessary" under the Combines Investigation Act and Prices Board regulations. Despite promises to the contrary, many an astute political observer felt sure that the probe would turn into a Roman circus, with Liberal and CCF lions crunching the bones of business. The Financial Post sneered that the government had acted out of "A combination of political fear and old-fashioned peeve." Consumers would enjoy the show...
What does the future hold for Berg's five? A return match with the Brulns, redecorated with Hillhouse stars, games with Dartmouth and Yale, and a loudly heralded out-of-season encounter with the Crimson Jayvees look like the tough ones...