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...More Likelihood in Youth...
Third, assuming that thinking somewhere at some time is desirable, there more likelihood that the individual we think in his youth than later in life. If he does not begin to think then, he may never think. After graduation he finds himself more and more committed. His mind becomes more and more dominated by the opinions of his professional business associates, by his religion, economic class, or political party, or by the agencies of mass communication...
...Similarly operations for removal of tonsils or adenoids, or even teeth, have long been discouraged in the spring and summer polio season, because they seem to increase the likelihood that polio will cause paralysis...
Lines Deleted. "You stated . . . that you thought there was a great likelihood that the adoption of General MacArthur's policy would result in greater losses in Korea than to follow the present policy...
...Cuts, No Lists. Di Salle hopes the order will bring about some price cuts. But the likelihood is that there will be more increases than cuts. Reason: many raw-material dealers and wholesalers jacked up prices before the general price freeze of Jan. 25, and the marked-up goods are already on retailers' shelves. Under the margin control plan, the increases will be passed on to the consumer. This is the "thawing" which Di Salle admitted would come during the transfer from the icebox to the deep freeze...