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...story of this calamity-one of the most important events of the postwar world-begins two years ago when Lord Keynes came to the U.S. to talk about getting dollars to save Britain. Keynes started with the idea that nothing less than 5 billion dollars would prime the pump; even that would have to be protected by special restrictions against seepage. The American negotiators told him he was wrong; they said 3.75 billion was enough, and that Britain, in .the interests of freer world trade, would have to throw away protective restrictions. The British, having no choice, agreed...
...Storms. Mozart wrote Idomeneo when he was 24. He was already a mature and original symphonist, but as an opera composer he was still leaning on the past. He fashioned Idomeneo after the Alceste and Iphigenie en Aulide of Gluck, the grandfather of grand opera. Gluck had tried to pump some life into the stodgy, formalized opera seria which had degenerated into stiff, static pieces in which singers could show off their voices...
Carrying two reels of 3/4 inch high pressure hose, the fog wagon can pump 60 gallons of water per minute through two gun type nozzles. "Turning disks inside the nozzles," White said "atomize the water and create a stream of fog which extends 20 feet." In especially close work the fireman can turn on a protective spray which provides a water shield. A five ton winch which can be used to pull down walls and for hauling cars out of rivers is another feature of the new engine...
Although the engine pumps water from the hydrant it can draw on its reserve tank of 435 gallons if necessary, White said. In either case the pump maintains a pressure of 600 lbs. per square inch at the nozzles...
...hour's torrential rain which ripped through Cambridge yesterday afternoon between 3:30 and 4:30 o'clock had the University maintenance men hustling, but quick action with the mop, pall, and pump kept damage from backed-up drains and flooded cellars to a minimum...