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...Persian Gulf's capacity to pump up oil strains belief. Within less than a year after Mossadegh's fanatics shut down the world's largest refinery at Abadan, other Middle East fields have not only made up the deficit but increased the total by more than 100,000 barrels...
...served continuously ever since, longer than anyone in the House except Illinois' Adolph Sabath, 85, who began in 1907. Doughton became chairman of the Ways & Means Committee in 1933, and except for the Republican years of 1947-48, has ruled it ever since. He loyally supported the pump-priming experiments of the New Deal, helped pioneer the nation's first social security law, and backed the first reciprocal trade agreements. His basic philosophy on taxes: "Get the most feathers with the fewest squawks from the goose." During his tenure, the feathers added up to $380 billion...
...amount of swelling caused by protective fluids rushing into the smoke-filled eyes,* testers even trimmed off the upper lids, weighed the membranous linings, then dried them in an oven, and weighed them again. FTC ruled this test out. Philip Morris cut holes in rabbits' tracheas to pump smoke into their lungs (five of the rabbits died, but Philip Morris says they were smoking rival brands). Competitors pumped smoke through the noses of dogs to see if nasal passages were irritated enough to cause obstruction...
...Corp. of Belleville, NJ. The gadget, which holds one gallon of gas, is installed on the carburetor, and operates independently of the regular fuel system. It is guaranteed to start a car when it is out of gas, has a frozen or leaky gas line or a faulty fuel pump. Price...
...days when President Eliot took his morning gallop around the Yard on horseback, there was neither plumbing nor central heating in Matthews. Matthews men hauled big wooden tubs out to the Yard pump at six a.m., filled them with water, dragged them back to the basement of the Hall, and took their baths. Toilet facilities consisted of a large pit, also in the basement. Needless to say, living conditions were severe, especially when the "Med. Fac." blew up the Yard pump...