Word: worth
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...commentary and the editing emphasize the drama of bullfighting a little unnecessarily, Bullfight is still well worth seeing. The shorts are not. One includes Spanish dances by Antonio and Rosario which are difficult to watch owing to the fact that the sets don't keep still. The other, which may appeal to Cambridge's armchair revolutionaries and bomb-throwers, includes a tornado, several hurricanes, many atom bombs, an H-bomb, and Krakatoa. It's name is Man vs. Nature...
...Council accepted most of the other proposals in the report, and accepted a last-minute committee addition that, "In order to insure an equal standard of efficiency and comfort for all upperclassmen we recommend that the eighth House be an 'overflow House' to accommodate those upperclassmen in Wiggles-worth and Claverly...
Life in the dorms is not all work and no play, however. Each girl pays compulsory dorm dues, and can get her money's worth by attending the hall's social functions. These include the famed twice-yearly Jolly-Ups, Sunday afternoon tea hours, and weekly open-house nights, when the dorm stays open until midnight in stead of the usual 10 p.m. After dinner sociability takes the form of demi-tasse in the living room, with the head resident pouring coffee into miniscule cups...
HILTON HOTELS CORP., which already controls three Manhattan hotels (WaldorfAstoria, Plaza, Statler), will take over the Savoy-Plaza early next year. In stock swap, Hilton will give about $15 million worth of its securities for 1,000-room hotel...
...politicians and economists, who argue that the welfare of small companies is a key condition for prosperity. To them, the newest figures on small business are cause for some alarm. Business failures in 1956 are at the highest level (52 per 10,000) since 1940. Profits of manufacturers worth less than $1,000,000 have dropped $1.3 billion since 1947, from 13.8% to 4.7% of U.S. manufacturers' total earnings...