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...during his first year in the Army, the Quartermaster Corps shells out $404.65-$175.20 (48? a day) for food; $162.05 for clothing; $15.79 for individual equipment such as shaving gear; $51.61 for barracks equipment such as sheets. He puts away 41 lb. 9 oz. a week of assorted beef, chicken, pork, vegetables, cereals, fruits, coffee, milk, and seven eggs. He is the best-dressed soldier in the world, has a wardrobe that permits nine changes of costume...
...worst and best that can be said of Inside Latin America is that it is typical Gunther-broadsides of factual beef boiled down to the shreds assimilable by the man in the street. The continental scale is impressive; the book is an amazing condensation job, and so plausible that tens of thousands of readers will be sure they have been to Latin America...
Gunther has a long section on the rights & wrongs and possible solutions for the U.S.Argentine beef problem. He also discusses such things as why Buenos Aires busses are called mata gent es (man-killers) and their drivers, asesinos (assassins); why Argentina has two Presidents (Roberto Marcelino Ortiz, Dr. Ramon Castillo); why Buenos Aires has two of the world's best newspapers (La Prensa and La Nation); what Argentines think about World War II; what they are doing about their "powerful and dangerous" Fifth Column; why they say: "When the United States talks about bases it is like stamping...
Princeton has come a long way since the Williams game, and the direction is not up Most of us thought Tad Wieman's Beef Trust would break through with a creditable season, on the basis of our 20 to 7 win in the opener. Williams was supposed to have a good team: perhaps it was overrated...
Since the pact can be terminated at any time on 30 days' written notice, it also meant little from the longterm, post-war economic viewpoint. Two days after the signing, Argentina agreed to sell her entire exportable beef surplus (500,000 tons) to Great Britain. Added to other heavy British purchases, that meant another sizable chunk of sterling credits frozen in London. When these are thawed by peace, Argentina undoubtedly will do her shopping in Europe. Supporting reasons: lower costs, better terms, partial European control of normal Argentine trade...