Word: transients
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...disguised as his brother. One evening they turn up among the entertainers at a small French chateau. These unusually talented musicians are capable of magic, as well as music; they are emissaries of the Devil (Jules Berry). Their business in the world is to seduce immortal souls through the transient flesh...
...street overnight, secure in the knowledge that their tickets would not be prosecuted. This autumn, in an effort to recoup the imposing loss of 1500 unpaid fines, parking meters have been installed on every conceivable curb and Cambridge police have asked the University for a list of transient registrations. A great majority of the 900 college-operated automobiles are now left without the comforting privilege of previous years and must face the fantastically high rates of garage owners. If the Cambridge City Council is unwilling to curb the garage lobby to the extent of permitting overnight parking near the college...
...rent-control bill was scarcely law before landlords pounced. Many a hotel promptly changed its permanent guests to steep transient rates. In Atlanta, one hotel slipped notices under the door at midnight June 30, ordering long-term tenants to vacate by midnight July 1 unless they paid by the day. Typical rate: a single room was upped from $82.50 a month to $7.50 a day ($225 a month...
Widener's 30 steps again demonstrated their sole raison d'etre yesterday evening as they formed the stage for the first of the two annual Harvard Glee Club Yard Concerts. While the Club is, by and large, repeating lighter works sung throughout the regular indoor season, the birds, transient aircraft, and other outdoor effects lend a new sound to the music that is all to the good...
Conditions in Cambridge itself were not quite as favorable. The Continental, with only a few transient rooms, offers at present about 12 beds for the weekend; the Commander is a little better off, with perhaps 20 spaces. The Brattle Inn held no hope for more than three or four rooms, and these would not be definite until the week of the dance...