Word: worth
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...simple majority. The strategy was backed by G.O.P. Governor James Thompson, but only three Republicans in the Democratic-controlled senate went along with him, and the proposal lost, 31 to 24. Accused by ERA supporters of political impotence, Thompson retorted: "I put in my two cents' worth, and my two cents was not enough. Neither was anyone else...
...paper on the pegs and it will roll them steadily in any direction, your background stage left and your Mickey Mouse stage right. Ordinarily, each consecutive drawing is recorded on two frames of film; with a few dissolves, which require backtracking, you might not get a minute's worth of film shot...
Last but certainly not least. Cambridge's annual musical extravaganza, all $100,000 worth, opened last night at 12 Holyoke st. amid the usual "man of the year" pomp and will play six performances weekly for the next five weeks before touring in New York and Bermuda. Overtures in Asia Minor, Hasty Pudding Theatrical's 131st production, is a story of Near Eastern espionnage and intrigue. And, if the two scenes performed at last week's woman of the year" festivities are any indication, Overtures will continue the tradition of light-hearted farce performed by "dames" of dubious taste. This...
FREE THROWS: As a final note for Ivy League purists, it may be worth considering the rhetorical question: How good is Penn this year...
...company bail him and three partners out of a bad investment in some Texas movie theaters by having Starr buy the theaters. Rather than fight the charge, Buckley signed a tough consent decree, saying :hat he wanted to avoid costly litigation. The decree requires him to surrender Starr stock worth more than $600,000 to a court-administered fund that may be distributed to other Starr stockholders and to forgo some payments Starr owed him. The total cost to Buckley could reach $1.4 million, which is unusually stiff for an SEC case. Buckley was also barred from serving...