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...Scratch and Peck...
...hang of the gadgets, and pedestrians have stopped bellowing from the sidewalks the meaning of red, green and amber. Most Managua citizens agree that the lights are modern and efficient, and that they really have not slowed traffic down very much. One unexpected hitch did develop: oxcarts, starting from scratch on a green light, could just barely cross the street before the signal turned red again. Readjusting the lights would have been a tricky business, but city officials found a neater solution of the problem: oxcarts were banned from the main streets...
After 30 days of expensive shooting by two directors, MGM's Garland had a nervous breakdown, and the studio had to start again from scratch. Betty sent emissaries scurrying to MGM's Louis B. Mayer, who said: "We'd be silly to give the part to somebody on another lot." But after rummaging around among its own players, the biggest star constellation in Hollywood, M-G-M decided that it needed Betty just as badly as she needed the part...
...dining halls can play their part in this bold new program by discriminating against both of the people who eat before eight o'clock, in the interests of the hordes who scratch and whine pitifully at the door at half past nine. Dining hall authorities admit this will not interfere with preparations for lunch; it will just be an adjustment to fact...
Robert W. Dobbie '53 of Thayer 46 had just retired, and was still awake when the blast broke his window, covering him with glass. Dobbie was protected by the bodclothing, and sustained only a minor scratch on his arm, although some glass did hit his face...