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...what they are trying to do.'' As to his own country's stage however, he concludes: "The future of the American theatre rests with America, and Moscow-bred missionaries who have envisioned the Soviet theatrical apocalypse can do little. . . . The Soviet theatre has risen to a peak because the people . . . pushed it there...
...slopes of the cliff are cut into steps and furrowed with channels whose exact significance remains a mystery. Many other cliffs in the neighborhood have niches cut in them, which apparently had a religious purpose and many of them bear inscriptions. The gigantic walls set out on a desclate peak, framed by snowy mountains and mirrored in the lake, evoke, a striking picture of the power and might of the monarchs who erected them...
...mice for experimentation," Dr. Little went on, "because in one year they reach the cancer peak equivalent to that of a 40-year-old human. It takes a rabbit six years, and a horse 15 to reach the same stage in their development...
Unfortunately, by last week The Music Goes 'Round and Around had definitely ceased to be a hit. For four weeks it has failed to appear on Variety's list of the 25 tunes most played on the air. Sheet sales have dropped 95% since their peak in early January. To most radio addicts, overfamiliarity has made the song something in the nature of an auditory emetic. Consequently, the impressive sequence in which Farley & Riley, then a German comedian, then an operatic tenor, then the star of the picture and finally the whole audience in a theatre sing...
...compared to $11,597,000 in 1934. This was the worst year since 1923 for the world's largest biscuit company, which also makes candy, peanut butter, macaroni, ice cream cones and Shredded Wheat. National Biscuit's earnings have declined every year since their 1930 peak of $22,879,000. Processing taxes and increased competition from independents were major causes of last year's profit decline. The taxes increased manufacturing costs and the competition held down biscuit prices. National Biscuit got back some $1,000,000 of impounded processing taxes and has already announced its intention...