Word: reale
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...same time, Harvard cannot consider her labor problem solved for good and all. For the present, a very liberal contract has been signed, and one which rectifies real injustices. Wage increases, a longer term of employment, and the all-important promise of an eventual closed shop can be justified by comparison with conditions of employment elsewhere, and by the fact that 85 per cent of the workers are already members of the Union. But concession today cannot be interpreted as indication of probable weakness tomorrow. It was only because of the basic willingness to modify unreasonable demands...
...virulent satirizing of Henry Luce and the "Fortune" outfit, and a complex love relation, verges on the obscure. But individual scenes, such as Miss Hepburn's "interview" of "Destiny's" reporters in the first act and the love scene between Van Heflen and Miss Hepburn in the second, show real brilliance, and give to the play an underlying significance. With his great understanding of human nature, his comedy rhythm, and his feeling for words Barry stands among the first rank of American playwrights...
...Last week Hearst Consolidated Class A stock, par value $25, was selling for $6.25; Hearst-Brisbane (real estate) $1,000 bonds...
Like the friends of many another commercial writer, Edgar Wallace's averred that he could be a serious writer if he took the trouble. But they mistook the nature of his talent. His real genius consisted of an infinite capacity for taking pains to make money. And, like a true artist, he did not care what happened to the money after he made...
...Paris apartment to the wild charms of music-hall life; also sad is the change forced on Bert Lahr, who has been transported from his usual garden of foolery to the role of Zaza's faithful partner. Even the erratic foibles of Helen Westley fail to inject a real sparkle into the picture. With a more personable male lead, and a plot just a bit more complicated than its two-sided triangle, "Zaza" might have provided real film relish...