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...Democratic Boss Jacob Arvey. "He is not a candidate ... If, however . . . the nomination [were] given him . . . then no man could say no." Minnesota's Senator Hubert Humphrey announced that Adlai was still "susceptible." New York Post Correspondent William V. Shannon explained that Adlai was just saying no to boost himself up to a "supra-political plane...
...notable exception: Chrysler Corp., which managed to boost its net 41% (to $18.8 million) despite an 8% drop in sales and a 373% jump in taxes. Chrysler said its better net resulted from higher OPS prices and an $85 million drop in production costs...
Since the first Elsie died, eight others have taken her place, spreading the Borden name far & wide. One in every six Americans has seen one or another Elsie in the flesh. In recognition tests, Elsie has beat out Van Johnson and Robert A. Taft. All this renown has helped boost Borden's sales 35% (to $732 million) since the war, and make Borden's the biggest seller of fluid milk...
...deadlock, with all the aces on the table. The Council's poll found that resident students don't begrudge a small violation of the equality principle. Although Lamont is softening, the old arguments are bound to appear next fall. The Council's vote of approval is needed to boost...
...made little effort to stop the mobs. Reischauer said that this may have been a move by the Yoshida government to influence the passage of new anti-riot legislation: "It is possible that the government made little effort to stop the demonstrations because they saw how the riots would boost their law-making efforts...