Word: trades
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...question was a burly Zulu named Elifasi Msomi. A young witch doctor who was not doing very well at his trade, he went to another witch doctor for advice, and there, he said, he found Tikoloshe masquerading as the man's son. "You will go with this son of mine," said the elder doctor, "and get me the blood of 15 people to help my chemist shop. First I want the blood of a girl...
...hecklers' favorite this season has been Harry Batchelder of Brown, Batchelder, like Bagnall, has spent a lot of time on the bench after playing at Watson. Batchelder's endearing trait was his complete absorption in the heckler's taunts. In the trade, he is known as a "shaper," a goalie who makes unnecessary saves and motions, playing with an artistic flourish in an effort to please the crowd...
Izzy Ort's, according to Izzy, is a nice spot to spend an enjoyable weekend. Floor show is new at least every week (depending on trade). 25 Essex Street, and take a club...
...last year the U.S. Justice Department objected to A.A.A.A.'s powerful influence in the business, charged it with restraining trade by fixing agency fees (TIME, May 9). Last week, with little to gain by going into court and little to lose by settling, A.A.A.A. signed a consent decree with Chief Trustbuster Stanley Barnes. (Suits against five other associations are still unsettled...
This week, as Hollywood's trade talk has long prophesied, 20th Century-Fox's Production Boss Darryl F. Zanuck, one of moviedom's best-preserved (53) boy wonders, stepped out for what was billed as a four-month lunch. Announced Fox's President Spyros P. Skouras: "It is contemplated that the details of an agreement for an independent production unit to be headed by Mr. Zanuck will be worked out between him and the company...