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James refused to draw any large conclusions about what this would mean for the U.S. and the world in the future. Wrote he: "When an ancient treasure of precious vessels, overscored with glowing gems and wrought, artistically, into wondrous shapes, has, by a prodigious process, been converted, through a vast community, into the small change, the simple circulating medium of dollars and 'nickels,' we can only say that the consequent permeation will be of values of anew order. Of what order we must wait...
Though plain cinemaddicts may find this polished continentalism a little arch and precious, it will pay off even for all in two trick climaxes: a fight-to-the-death on a be-tinseled carrousel, and a scene in which a jealous husband (Gene Lockhart) tragicomically goes bats while, strapped to his back, scores of caged birds strike up a frenzy of alarmed song...
Last week the Farmer limped into Falmouth with 60% of her precious food cargo undamaged. The Americans had found a black and white kitten on board, had promptly named her Neversink...
Four times between 1941 and 1944, fed by the Republican and its sisters-the Plattes, the Yellowstone, the Niobrara, the Cheyenne, the Belle Fourche-the Missouri had jumped its unstable banks. Men watched in misery while people, barns, houses, hogs, cattle and precious topsoil went tumbling down its chocolate torrent. Estimated damage: $149 million...
...business manager of a plant as large and varied as that of a great university must take matters like Corporations and student reactions as a routine part of his job. Moreover, the greatest measure of his efforts goes unnoticed by students and faculty alike. The precious meat for the dining halls, hot water for the Houses, the fire in Thayer, the repair to Memorial Hall, and the installing of sanitary facilities for the veterans' housing units-all fall within the daily scope of his activities. In all of these Durant is the perfect Yankee, shrewd and tight-lipped, but eminently...