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...Alexei Stakhanov, a skilled pneumatic drill operator in the Donbas Coal Trust sector, was discovered by the Soviet Press this year to be performing prodigies, soon was raised by Bolshevik puffs to the status of a "Hero of Labor." Russians read that Stakhanov increased his output of coal five-fold by "Stakhanovism." What he did was 'to organize a gang of three miners with such teamwork that Stakhanov, the skilled pneumatic driller, was able to spend all his time drilling out coal, while the others did the propping and panting. By this means the three got out enough coal...
...Harvard is greedy, primary and secondary schools are miserly. They take from ten to twelve years in which to prepare men for elementary courses like French 2 or English A. Despite the youth of students of this age, it does seem that this sector of education might be responsible for a survey education of knowledge which would lay the basis for college work...
...obeyed. Never will Harvard set the precedent for disrespect or violation of any legal statute that remains in force But every group in Harvard, every individual, is entitled, for the good of the State and the country at large, to make it quite apparent what the supposedly most intelligent sector of public opinion feels about the Massachusetts...
...racket dumped into its lap when Congress passed the ''Lindbergh Law'' which made snatching across State lines a Federal offense. And at "General" Cummings' request. Congress last year provided the Bureau with automobiles and armaments for the first time. About the same time the Bureau took command of another sector with the passage of an act enabling it to chase, catch and convict national bank robbers. With the passage of these laws the Federal Bureau of Investigation burst upon the national consciousness with the terrifying red glare of a ''Tommy" gun's tracer bullet...
...index of general production at 106.8% of the country's prosperous year 1928. Not wholly confined to war industries, since II Duce presses on relentlessly with his Fascist public works, the index has risen also in peaceful trades, soaring to 184% of 1928 activity in the building sector. Unemployment, which stood at 1,160,000 in January 1934, was down to 750,000 last week, due partly to army recruiting, partly to the boomlet's creation of more work and partly to spreading it thinner by introduction of the 40-hour week last October. The general price level...