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...than it was even in "those terrible days of wild drink" in the 1870s, when the WCTU gained momentum in Chicago under the embattled leadership of Frances E. Willard. Then the crusade against strong drink was part of the war between men and women; now the women seem to bend their pink elbows as much...
Perhaps the best characterization of the current bend in the business cycle came last week from a top Washington economist: ''This was an inventory recession, and so far it looks like an inventory recovery." The recession had certainly started with inventory reduction, and the earlier than expected recovery this spring was set in motion by a modest return to stockpile buying. But what bothers economists now is the growing conviction that inventories are up about as far as they are going to go because of the businessmen's new drive to keep stocks in closer balance with...
...scraggly hair, but a crescent of curls to be worn like a crown. A tiger's body is as supple as an accordion: every muscle, every rib, every stripe is there. A deer, though kneeling, seems to be darting through the air while its antlers ripple and bend like plumes. This quivering creature defies and submits at the same time, as if knowing that from the same hand it will receive both death and immortality...
Fighting a persistent drizzle and a troublesome headwind, the varsity jumped to an early lead in the feature race and and was far enough ahead going into the turn to keep a few seats on the Tiger shell, overcoming the disadvantage of being in the outside lane around the bend...
...Year-Major Yuri Gagarin. MAUDE HENNESSY South Bend...