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...reader may confidently anticipate, Johnny is redeemed by Kessler's kindness, the incredible wealth of a generous Italian banker for whom Johnny worked in his youth, and Doris Kessler's chin-up plea that he remember his responsibility to the movie addicts who depend on him for "pleasure and escape from the cares of everyday living." And that, it has long since developed, is rather more than Author Robbins has managed to provide for readers of his book...
Finally, Professor Williams believes that much of the success or failure of the British action will depend on the United States. The fundamental cause of Britain's and Europe's dollar deficits "lies in our short-run economic instability and our long run tendency to outstrip others in production." The remedy here, Professor Williams feels, may be President Truman's "Point Four" plan to build up undeveloped regions through export of American technology and skill. "And we must preserve stability at home if we really want to achieve a world balance by some other means than the expenditure...
...Missouri accent, he had gotten off a rousing, "give-'em-hell" speech, designed for the farmer-labor combination that had elected him last November. The audience at the Allegheny County Fair was tailor-made-farmers from the countryside, steelworkers from Pittsburgh's mills. "Farmers and industrial workers . . . depend on each other," he told them...
Whether they would get the new-fangled equipment would depend on the caravan's success and the local voting on tax rates next month. One Malvern businessman said, "If folks could see for themselves what is available for schools, it wouldn't be hard to create interest in school support...
Over a Barrel. Jimmy Dobbs knew he could not depend on air traffic alone to support his restaurants. So he tricked them out in local color (his Atlanta restaurant is decorated with Uncle Remus murals and has a Negro "Uncle Remus" doorman perched on a cotton bale outside) and collected recipes from famed U.S. restaurants to lure non-travelers to his tables...