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Thus in a masterpiece of ambiguity did Congress recognize one all-important fact: what U.S. business can make on its war contracts (now some 3,000,000 in number) is coming to depend more & more on the decisions of Government price adjustment boards...
That policy means that allowances of the pre-exam brew, already restricted to one a meal, may be lowered to two-cups a day. Any such move, however, would be temporary, and final action will depend on the working of the new coffee rationing plan which starts November...
...Chinese Government seems to be moving toward establishing a Ministry of Economic Warfare with authority over the whole production-consumption cycle. But the restoration of China's economic stability may well depend upon the resumption of peaceful, productive life. Perhaps the only real aid to China's economy can come through aid to China...
...between strict jazz and the thoroughbass music of Bach's time. In both cases you have the rigid rhythmic pattern over which an intricate web of thematic variations is woven. Bach's work had the advantage of being composed by a single highly developed talent, while jazz has to depend on a rare combination of many talents, a band where each player can give the theme a unique personal twist without destroying the musical continuity. When it's "in the groove," a good band rises out of its usual formulas (ordinary jazz is the most rigidly formalized routine...
...plugs are helpful but jammed in too tight may become sound conductors. "Covering or plugging the ear," adds Dr. Perlman, "deafens it for ordinary sound and your life may depend on your ability to hear commands...