Word: worth
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Peter Thorneycroft is responsible for every pound, shilling and penny in Her Majesty's treasury. His butler is not, and it is just as well. For last week Thorneycroft's butler admitted that only six years ago he had taken a hand in stealing some $150,000 worth of jewels from a previous employer, the Duke of Sutherland. And furthermore, he added loyally, Thorneycroft already knew about...
...game isolates its two contestants in glass-walled booths. Each tries to amass 21 points by answering questions in categories over which he has no choice. The questions are worth from one to eleven points according to difficulty, and by picking the number, he can choose how hard a question he wants (Van Doren's frequent strategy is to pick the tough 10-and 11-point questions and go for a quick 21). At the end of the second round, either contestant can stop the game if he thinks he is ahead. The winner gets $500 a point...
...Doren's winnings have been running Barry & Enright into the hole at the rate of $2,200 a week. Nevertheless, they are eager for him to keep playing. If the show's rating keeps climbing, especially if it tops Lucy, it could become a property worth $1,000,000 or more to them...
While Schmidt maintained that "mankind will never outgrow" the need for minimal censorship, Patrick W. Malin, Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union, claimed, "Bad may come of free speech, but we get so much else for it that it is worth a high price...
Well now, those of us who possess some degree of mental health (excluding those with excessive work compulsions) probably didn't flick out every night of exam period and therefore might well have missedThe Teahouse of the August Moon the first time around. It is worth seeing now and not only for the Japanese music and U.T. prices...