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Eliot tried to increase its victory margin in the second half, and carried the ball within Lowell's ten twice, only to come up against a solid wall...
...easy battle for the amateur politico from the Law School, for his margin of plurality over the next man on the list was a mere 280 votes. Four councilor-at-large spots were placed on the line, and eight men were contesting for them when balloting began on Election Day; Hansberry ended up in fourth position, but that was all he needed...
...seemed likely to win by a tiny margin, but the outcome depended on the disgruntled M.R.P. (Catholic Republicans), which lost heavily in the elections, and which also opposed last week's Cabinet cuts. The cuts were derided by a Communist writer in L'Humanité and by an anti-Communist writer in L'Epoque, both of whom by coincidence hit on the same sarcastic phrase: "A poultice on a wooden...
...material, plus twenty-five percent overhead. Opening a fire door or breaking a window comes under official censure and entails a fine as well ad replacement. The skeptic who views twenty-five percent overhead with wincing eye might be reminded that no professional contractor operates even near this margin nor has he any urge...
...Farmers. Grain speculation, as Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson observed only a few hours after the President's fluff, had already fallen off; trading had fallen 53% since the one-third cash margin rule was put into effect two weeks ago (TIME, Oct. 13). But the price of grain went right on rising. Next day, when rumors spread that CCC was about to step out of the market, the price of wheat fell off a bit, but continued its climb when the rumor proved false. So long as the Government bought, there was no reason for grain prices...