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...only completely dramatic organization in Harvard College. But the play itself is not the only improvement in the club's fall schedule, for at least the H.D.C. has broken away from the tyranny of Sanders Theatre. Instead this production will take place in Brattle Hall, the only decent theatre within walking distance of the Square. John Holabird, whose settings in Sanders have always been outstanding, will now have a chance to work with the tools of Broadway which cannot be used in Sanders...
...indifference. Nearly every Representative could point to at least one humming business in his own district which would be completely ruined if all returns over 6% of its puny original stake went to the Government. Democrats and Republicans alike were indignant. Everyone, in & out of Congress, agreed that no decent business in 1941 wants to make a fortune out of World War II, but neither did the U.S. want to make its ablest businessmen pay the whole bill. Said the New York Times...
...additional trade barriers and hindrances, as was the mood of 1917, we have definitely adopted the view that it is not in the interests of the world and of our two countries that any large nation should be unprosperous or shut out from the means of making a decent living for itself and its people by its industry and enterprise...
...Brazil has sold all of its coffee that the world market would absorb at considerably less than the current 235 milreis ($11.75) a bag, F.O.B. Growers have received about 2 milreis a bag from the Government for the rest. Now the Government expects to be able to pay a decent price for surplus coffee, get the money back from the sale of cafelite...
Then came Bull Run. A passing sentence in this book is like a key signature of the Union mood for years-General McDowell "had been unable to procure a decent map of Virginia." The crowds poured out on Sunday ("a scandal to the godly") to see the battle. Caterers tripled their prices for hampers of food that picnickers bought to take along...