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...Lehman was quickly replaced as director by Alexander Mackendrick, a Scotsman just off a prime Alec Guinness comedy, "The Ladykillers." And soon the writer had departed; all the jawing about script changes had given him a spastic colon, and his doctor told him to scram to Tahiti. Per Buford, "Lancaster said, 'Gee, Ernie, I hope we're not the cause of this,' his big arm around the much smaller Lehman's shoulder as he left." (In the movie, J.J. would tell his sister, "Say exactly what's on your mind, dear," his big hand on her upper back like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Old Feeling: Sidneyland | 3/22/2002 | See Source »

...point scale, with the top 5% designated "superior" and the bottom 15% labeled "needs improvement." In between are "excellent" (30%), "strong" (30%) and "satisfactory" (20%). You don't want to be in the cellar: anyone described as needing improvement has six months to either get up to standard or scram...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rank And Fire | 6/18/2001 | See Source »

...point scale, with the top 5% designated "superior" and the bottom 15% labeled "needs improvement." In between are "excellent" (30%), "strong" (30%) and "satisfactory" (20%). You don't want to be in the cellar: anyone described as needing improvement has six months to either get up to standard or scram...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rank And Fire | 6/11/2001 | See Source »

...barrage of water balloons scattered the band all over Mass. Ave. “That’ll learn them to wake us up on Saturday mornings.” No sooner were we reveling in our victory than we had to scram from University police knocking at our door. Thank goodness Depression-era architects saw the wisdom of putting fire-doors between suites which could serve as escapes from one entry to another for whatever reason...

Author: By Donald A. Jurivich, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Four Men, One Room | 6/5/2001 | See Source »

...barrage of water balloons scattered the band all over Mass. Ave. “That’ll learn them to wake us up on Saturday mornings.” No sooner were we reveling in our victory than we had to scram from University police knocking at our door. Thank goodness Depression-era architects saw the wisdom of putting fire-doors between suites which could serve as escapes from one entry to another for whatever reason...

Author: By The CLASS Of, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: In Their Own Words | 6/5/2001 | See Source »

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