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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Though usually a mild disease, Asian flu can kill rapidly, without intervening pneumonia. Paradoxically, this occurs most often among young adults. One hospitalized Briton, 30, had no fever, told the house physician he "felt fine," then died within a few minutes. There has been a handful of such cases...
...convincing theory, Snyder believes, is the Jewish emphasis on food, "so that 'compulsive' eating is more likely to be selected as a means of alleviating psychic tensions [than] addictive drinking." He cites one psychological study showing that Jewish mothers' anxiety about their children's eating often causes the Jewish child to remain an infant, "so far as taking food is concerned, much later than other children...
Artful Deals. Stein soon saw the possibilities of radio, bought choice network time on which only M.C.A. performers were permitted. M.C.A. spread to Hollywood in 1937, added movie and radio stars to its roster, often by hiring other agents, with their list of clients, or absorbing their agencies. On movie lots, the M.C.A. agent became so powerful that he decided what stars would play in what movies, and for how much, along with who would write the script and direct it. M.C.A. tax men found new ways for stars to save on taxes, notably by getting a percentage...
...even financing. M.C.A. makes much of being simply a service organization, brags of the number of executives it has servicing clients, like a college with a low teacher-student ratio. Its executives are paid on an incentive plan; senior executives get a flat $100 a week, plus a bonus-often huge-based on M.C.A.'s performance that year. Founder Stein still owns a majority of M.C.A. stock, and the remainder is held by 45 executives and a trust in which all employees participate...
...little knowledge of how to conduct a hearing on industry's problems. At a recent CAB hearing, American Airlines President C. R. Smith snapped at a CAB counsel: "I don't know what you're talking about, and neither do you." When the record has accumulated, often to a height of five or six feet, the commissioners do not have time to read all or even most of it. Lawyers often take advantage of the commissioners' presence to draw out the hearings even further by making grandstand plays. Says one lawyer: "We have to impress them...