Word: demanded
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...finished his third picture, William Wyler's The Heiress. Now he is committed to Liberty Films, a Paramount subsidiary, for three more (which must be directed by Wyler, Frank Capra or George Stevens). Meanwhile, he is free to accept offers from Broadway, where he is also in great demand. One offer is for Lillian Hellman's forthcoming dramatization of the best-selling The Naked and the Dead. Clift doesn't know whether he'll do it : he hasn't seen the script...
...same story prevailed at Phillips, where the great demand has been for volumes in the "slightly used" category...
Holt said a great demand for entertainment of all kinds has brought about the reorganization of the Office's Entertainment Bureau for the first time since it went out of business in 1944. Under the direction of Miss Mary L. McLain, it will specialize in finding jobs for entertainers of any sort at such events as children's parties and church bazaars...
...fashion, he once more listed U.S. citizens whom he considered warmongers (Secretary James Forrestal, Senator Styles Bridges, et al). Vishinsky proposed an international control body under the Security Council (where Russia has a veto) to supervise a general 33⅓% armament reduction. He also repeated Russia's demand for the immediate outlawing of the atomic bomb. That was the old story -Russia wants the U.S. to destroy its bombs but at the same time Russia refuses to accept an international control and inspection system, proposed by the U.S., which would see to it that the bomb's "outlawing...
...worsened over last year, several of the inequalities have been removed from the policy. Because House dining halls were losing money last year while the Union was hopelessly overworked, the Masters have been forced to relent on their luxurious policy of refusing non-resident members. Because of an unexpected demand on all College living facilities, the Juniors and Seniors not yet in Houses have an excellent chance of immediate admission. Such an accident will not work for the unlucky members of the Class of '51 who fail to find House accommodations next fall. The Housemasters should take the last...