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...currently struggling with unemployment. Alf, a character in The Dropouts, recently suggested a complicated idea for solving the present financial problems. "Terrific! Why don't you send a note to the world's economists?" a colleague enthusiastically recommends. Says Alf, "Can't afford to-'til the price of paper comes down." One of the oldest comics, Little Orphan Annie, first drawn by Harold Gray in 1924, is also one of the most topical strips. Gray died in 1968; the strips that run today in 300 papers were all drawn by him during the Depression...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RECESSION NOTES: Cutting Back and Coping | 3/3/1975 | See Source »

...African Queen is one of the most fun experiences there is--and worth seeing on the big screen in color if you've only seen it in the box up til now. Made in 1951 in England by Sam Spiegel and director John Huston, about an African river trip in 1915. C.S. Forester's book is laughable, but Bogart and Hepburn--who somehow built up one of the most exciting rapports ever on film (they really seem to understand each other in a larger way as film characters)--turn James Agee's script into something literate as well as movie...

Author: By Richard Turner, | Title: THE SCREEN | 12/5/1974 | See Source »

...pessimistic, and there can be no more morals, just time. So parents can't care what happens to their children, they can only hope it doesn't happen too soon. Time might even run out for Slocum at his job, where his motto is "connive to survive, keep alive til five." Sadder still, Slocum concludes that even if we have time that's all we have, we don't have anything to do with...

Author: By Greg Lawless, | Title: Connive To Survive, Stay Alive Til Five | 10/11/1974 | See Source »

Beer is 50 cents and simple hard drinks are $1.00, slightly higher at night. Open noon to 1 a.m. every night except Thursday and Friday, when it stays open 'til 2 a.m. No cover charge...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bars And the Like | 9/16/1974 | See Source »

Advisors have tried to match similar musical tastes when possible. This might sound like a trivial point now, but just wait til your roommate puts on her favorite Shirley Temple's Greatest Hits album. Uncoordinated tastes can be very trying...

Author: By Hannah J. Zackson, | Title: How'd You Get Stuck With A Tuba Player? | 9/1/1974 | See Source »

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