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Last week, not in his budget message but in a press conference held before he sent it to Congress, President Roosevelt intimated that he thought it would be foolish to build up such a huge reserve. For the time being he would be content to let the reserve pile up, but after it has got a start, adopt a "pay-as-you-go" policy, presumably reducing Social Security taxes so as to collect no more than was paid out in pensions...
...Calcutta. Prices range from $10 or $15 per pair for common Goldens or Lady Amhersts to $250 for a pair of rare, shimmering blue-green-gold-copper-crimson Impeyans. Except for a few jungle varieties, the birds are hardy, need nothing in the way of quarters but a brush pile and windbreak...
...point score to date is 45 3-4 for the Varsity against 35 3-4 for the Freshmen, with the Varsity expected to pile up a more commanding lead in the events today...
...other domestic beasts recognize human fear just as humans recognize it in each other. Some comments on the Terhune-A. M. A. controversy last week: Dr. Raymond Lee Ditmars, Bronx Zoo herpetologist: "Any indication of fear, either in humans or animals, is a temptation for the adversary to pile...
...soon S--knocks and off with him to a strange place in the Square. Fairly pulled by S--; he has something for me to see. Two long flights of creaky stairs. Down a corridor. A sharp turn to the left, and in a small door, where the most peculiar pile of wood and metal I ever saw. Large box-like things around the room; men working with copper wire at little tables. An air of order and quiet. S--informs me these are the studios of the Harvard Forest. Laughing lightly at my quizzical look, he adds that the Harvard...