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...Jose Greco Dancers. The stars, of course, are just an added attraction, gold-horned Judas goats who lure the herds of tourists to the gaming tables. "We're just the highest-paid shills in history," says Tallulah Bankhead. "Why do we do it? Dahling, for the loot, of course...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: LAS VEGAS: IT JUST COULDN'T HAPPEN | 11/23/1953 | See Source »

Gentleman's Agreement. In Los Angeles, after forcing Grocery Clerk George Albert to hand over $1,263.61 in a paper bag, a gunman eyed his loot, remarked: "It don't look like a lot, but you can report it as $10,000. If they catch me, I'll confess to that sum. Are you happy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Nov. 23, 1953 | 11/23/1953 | See Source »

Latest in the How To series (How To Win Friends, How To Be Happy Though Drafted, etc.) the film is singularly uninstructive. Leggy Lauren Bacall is the only prospector of a mercenary trio to strike matrimonial pay-dirt. Less fortunate, Misses Monroe and Betty Grable trade loot for love and their gold rush fails...

Author: By Harry S. Kane, | Title: How to Marry a Millionaire | 11/23/1953 | See Source »

...conquerors they make an unpretty lot. They rape and loot, lash naked women to tanks, destroy works of art, try to outdo their late conquerors. But like all occupiers, they soon find that their lives have been bound up with those of the occupied. Two hussars, Sanders and Saint-Anne, finally surrender unconditionally to a handsome, sensual girl named Rita. Sanders had met her in what was then a conventional way: he raped her. Sanders becomes Author Nimier's prototype of the fundamentally good Frenchman gone wrong. He is cynical, bitter, confused; he is also a great reader...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Conquering French | 10/26/1953 | See Source »

While digging for the new posts after games, Sugrue has unearthed buttons, pins, broken eye glasses, and even occasional coins. The majority of the valuable loot-dropped in the scuffles is picked up by Cambridge street arabs who scavenge the field around the end zones after the Saturday afternoon games...

Author: By John A. Pope, | Title: Goal-Post Menders Have Weekly Job | 10/23/1953 | See Source »

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