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...four own less than an acre of land, two out of three suffer from hookworm and malaria, nine out of ten are partially blind from the effects of bad water and undernourishment. Near the palace gates, beggars lay in the hot sun, too weak, sick, or hopeless to drag themselves into the shade...
Movie theater owners immediately set up a howl of protest, but Hollywood, though usually thrown into a tizzy by any governmental move, remained surprisingly calm. Viewing the Justice Department action as more foolish than threatening, moviemen pointed out that the case might drag on through the courts for as long as ten years-long enough for Hollywood and TV to come to an understanding of their own. And, even if the Government should win, moviemen felt that their position was impregnable. Said an M-G-M spokesman: "Suppose the Government ordered you to sell Mutiny on the Bounty...
...harmful. But people insisted on acting as though it were bad like getting "lushed" (drunk), and all the squares put you down strong (turned on you). "Those dope stories-all about how you go around killing old ladies when you smoke a pot. It's a real drag. Actually, you just sit around and listen to music. I love Bach. Mozart? No comment. Mendelssohn? How square can you get? I want it modern. I want to go to Sweden where it really wails...
...companies have shown a marked hankering for reunion. A few years ago, Farben companies in the U.S. zone were split into 42 different units. They have since merged into twelve. Furthermore, no one doubts that the Big Three Farben successors would like nothing better than to rejoin forces, and drag in the others. What may stop them is a proposed West German antitrust law. Said one allied official: "We have assurance from the [West German] federal government that the status quo of the successor companies will be retained for three years. That should give the present setup time to crystallize...
This week, as politicians and pundits mulled over what happened in Texas, many had doubts whether the points are that strong in Taft's favor. To seat their Texas delegation in Chicago, the Taft forces will have to drag a spectacle ^of machine control and backroom politics right down before the glare of television cameras and the eyes of 1,800 reporters. Taftmen control the Republican National Committee and probably will have a majority of the Credentials Committee (see box), but when the credentials fight gets to the convention floor, Taft will need a cast-iron grip...