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...technical subjects, professors have the option of correcting their own examinations. About 70 to 80 per cent take up the option. After that, it's all up to the student...
Crooning Cowboy Gene Autry makes an estimated $2,000,000 a year from his movies, radio show (Sat. 8 p.m., CBS), commercial enterprises and personal appearances. Last week he happily admitted that he was getting another $500 a week just to stay off TV. As an option on his TV services, it is worth it to Wrigley's, his radio sponsor. Drawled Autry: "I figure I've got the best deal in television...
...that 20 percent of the contributions go to the Student Council. The Council members acknowledged that this was a mistake, but they discovered it too late to do anything about it. This year the Council decided not to conceal its share of the drive and to give students the option of not contributing to the Council if they do not want to. At the top of the contribution card, therefore, appears the sentence, "The Student Council will receive 20 percent of the total contribution unless specifically prohibited by the individual student." There is no definite space to signify such...
Towards the end of the game, Valpey employed a helter-skelter "desperation defense," in which one of the guards drops back just before the ball is snapped. The defensive team thus gambles on letting the opposition complete a few short passes; it also has the option of running the ball, but either way the clock keeps running. Naturally, you don't do this when you're behind...
...only half their capacity. Last week, Rank and his subsidiaries had just four productions before the cameras, compared with ten a year ago. An actor at liberty summed it up with an old Hollywood gag: "Out at the Rank studios it's so quiet you can hear an option drop...