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...become engulfed in the vast areas of China," he continued, and "few adventures could be less successful or fruitful than for Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek to plunge on to the mainland." As a closing shot, he said: "The prospects of a truce being reached and respected in Korea will depend to a large extent upon the unity between Great Britain and the U.S.," on "all who seek to weaken or divide us being repulsed and condemned as they will be tonight...
Just as many labor contracts are tied to the Bureau of Labor Statistics index of consumers' prices, so billions of dollars worth of business contracts are tied to the BLS wholesale price index. Frequently, the delivered prices of new ships, houses, engines, etc. depend upon the fluctuations of this index from the time they were ordered...
...University can persuade qualified men to accept positions as Senior Tutor. Although no University duty is particularly easy, the Senior Tutor's job will be particularly difficult for several years at least. Why? Because the position is new, and whatever importance it achieves--or fails to achieve--will depend on how well those who undertake its obligations fulfill them...
Strictly speaking there is very little plot. Franz Engel, wounded in the war and much older than his wife, is forced to depend on her completely while they await their visas in a stifling hotel in Cairo. His wife and son, Bubi, resort to all manner of strategems to obtain money enough to keep the family alive until the visas arrive. As the fight for survival becomes more and more difficult, their strategems become more and more degrading...
...case of the official who gives confidential information. Since the value of the thesis does not depend on who gave the information, the thesis-writer can call him simply "a government source," and any "scholar" who really wants to know the informant's name can write to the author requesting it. It is certainly absurd to restrict a whole thesis just because one small part of it is attributed to a man whose name need not be used. When a newspaper gets an "off-the-record" interview, it either uses the material without giving the interviewee's name or runs...