Word: save
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Conspienous waste and the absence of any College-wide plan to save food spurred Hale to seek support in Winthrop for his idea. "The money saved by a reduction in food quantity can be used to obtain better quality foods," he said, emphasizing that the main object of smaller servings was to save food for Europe, and that any benefits to House residents were secondary...
...sixth time, bug-eyed Camillien Houde would be mayor of Montreal. There had been talk that a couple of unknowns would try to take his $10,000-a-year job away from him, but they decided to save the taxpayers' time and money. And so as filing time expired, Houde became last week the first Montreal mayor since 1898 to land the job without opposition...
Christmas Eve (Boqeous; United Artists), a less appetizing holiday confection, concerns an eccentric old gotrocks (Ann Harding) and her far-flung adopted sons (George Raft, George Brent, Randolph Scott). They surmount the world, the flesh and the devil to reach her side on Christmas Eve-just in time to save her from the booby hatch for spending $500,000 on 500,000 dead rats. Producer Benedict Bogeaus spent considerably more on this dead...
...from a large, red-haired horse that has what appears to be delicate baby-blue eyes veiled with beautiful false eyelashes. After long training by a small, red-haired boy (Ted Donaldson) and interminable praying by a pious terrier, Big Red wins the big race just in time to save the old homestead from the sheriff. Best bit: a gory battle royal between the stallion and a jolly black bear, which delegates all the infighting to a stand-in from the taxidermist...
Reynolds declared that any proposal to save food could involve only voluntary savings by students, as the Dining Halls Department would not restrict the food it serves...