Word: m
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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After only four hours of deliberation the jury brought out its answers: no to the first three questions, yes to the last. Judge Yankwich ordered M-G-M to put Cole back on its payroll and fork over $74,250 in back salary. M-G-M lawyers, who argued that the judge's instructions amounted to a directed verdict for Writer Cole, got ready to take the case to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...
...Smith, who lives meanly in a $16-a-month room, could stand some medical attention himself: his hernia bothers him a good deal, but he cannot afford a doctor ("Everything is so dear"). Then how can he afford a charity? "Oh," he explained, "that's different. I'm an old bachelor and I don't have any family, so why shouldn't I help the poor? . . . Every night I put aside whatever change I have in my pockets and save it up and when Christmas comes I take it and give it to charity...
...their way to work, Tokyo citizens read the news, mostly from billboards slapped up around the city by newspapers. To Westerners, their faces showed nothing. The predominant sentiment expressed was "Hotto shita ne"-which, colloquially, means "I'm glad it's all over...
I.R.O. and F.A.O. I'm sure you will...
...Maritimes, housewives were buying more medium, fewer large eggs. Men's tailors were busy turning worn trouser cuffs and shirt collars. In Montreal, a top ski-suit designer found customers buying for price. Said he: "I'm doing a lot of Ford business, but my Rolls-Royce trade is dropping...