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...that opponents had been punished for disagreeing, he would make no decision. "I don't think a political body," he said, "should decide scientific, theories. I want evidence that those who disagreed were punished." He would not decide where he stood until "shown that the decision to outlaw Mendelian genetics has made teaching it illegal...
...soles ($800), the revolution was well worth the price as a demonstration of Bustamante's strength. A month ago Bustamante had dismissed from his cabinet the reactionary army leaders who wanted to outlaw the leftist Aprista party. Fortnight ago he announced that he meant to steer Peru on a straight-down-the-middle course. In the quick showdown forced by Llosa, the army stood behind the President. Within a few hours of the first call to revolt, all garrison commanders pledged loyalty to Bustamante. Early rumors that General Manuel Odria and other former cabinet members might join the uprising...
What did Hughes, the lone wolf, want with RKO? He takes great pains to hide his motives; but no doubt one motive was his hankering for theater outlets controlled by himself. RKO owns 124 theaters. Hughes has had great trouble distributing The Outlaw-that long and vigorously publicized mixture of sex, slapstick and violence-mainly because of censorship, but partly because independent exhibitors were simply afraid of it. To date, it has played only about 40% of its original contracts. In the face of derisive snorts from highbrow critics, Hughes firmly believes that, if distribution obstacles can be overcome...
...Hell's Angels that Hughes first revealed his intense preoccupation with the female bosom (in one scene, Miss Harlow's neckline swooped almost to the navel). But it was in The Outlaw that his interest reached its fullest flower. In the flogging scene, when the bosom movement seemed unsatisfactory, Hughes decided that it was an engineering problem, called for his drawing board, designed a new brassiere for his star, Jane Russell. Thereafter the scene was shot to his entire liking...
...Since May 11, when Howard Hughes stepped in as RKO's controlling stockholder, Hollywood has been speculating over Schary's future. Leftish Schary is proudest of having masterminded such films as the lowbudget, propaganda-heavy Crossfire; conservative Hughes favors blatantly sexy, splashily costly movies like his own Outlaw. They had never met, but neither man was particularly attracted by what he knew about the other...