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True, Washington economists still worried about inflation. Gloomily they counted up the losses through strikes of more than 98.6 million man-days of work and a minimum $3.1 billion goods. They thought how badly that would affect the breathless race between production and demand. Industry's pipelines were sucked out. The 45-day coal strike was a blow at production's source from which it would take industry many months to recover. The smooth and efficient exchanges of goods and services had all but vanished...
...softening. His 5 ft. 10 in., 165-lb. body is solid and strong, his blue eyes clear. As vice president of France, he sits in the fussy luxury of the Hotel Matignon, which Austro-Hungarian ambassadors occupied before 1914. The Gobelin tapestries on the walls neither fit nor affect his revolutionary ardor. He doesn't even know the name of the Roman Emperor whose bust faces him. When Thorez laughs (he is one of the few Marxists who laugh), his bellow shakes the air, and the imperial chandelier tinkles...
...from another advertising executive: ". . . You are planning a great venture which should affect international understanding as well as international commerce. More power...
...order would not affect the bulk of U.S. servicemen, who avoid fraternization as a matter of choice. Still less would it disturb those who seriously pursue it. Tokyo now has dozens of "one-night inns" to which any G.I. who wants to can find...
...decision will affect all students in the department, and will go into effect at the end of this term. Seniors writing theses will, however, have advisers to assist them in their work, Burbank said...