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...predicted that at about the same time that physicists and chemists will have reached "all-inclusive" and final theories for their fields, the incentive for scientific analysis will shift to the study of the human mind and human relationships...
...wily Harlow, is still keeping O'Donnell familiar with quarterback assignments and Kenary with those at tailback. In the only other shift this week, Gibby Warren, former Gannon-insurance, has been moved to tailback, joining Chuck Roche and Hal Moffie in that slot...
Clevelander Eaton had been one of the first financiers to recognize the shift of power from Wall Street to Washington and he had acted accordingly. In the early days of the New Deal, he was always available to bait Big Business, notably the "eastern bankers" whom he blamed for his downfall in the depression...
...Acres and Pains" tries hard to laugh its way into the honor spot conceded "Crazy Like a Fox" and "Dawn Ginsberg's Revenge," but falls somewhat short of red-hot. Perelman subjects must be taken in short doses to remain fresh, but, "Acres and Pains" lacks the necessary shift of topic, becoming a well-executed, if occasionally heavy rehash of life on the farm. Composed of a series of magazine articles filled in with new material, the book does not show a continuous level of quality throughout. The older, more familiar chapters emphasize the bawdy wit of Perelman...
...with greater facility. And we were never one for that sort of thing." He had even offered the News to his I.T.U. employees, he said, if they would just pay him I.T.U. wages in return. They turned him down, so he was calling it quits. His printers could shift for themselves; Publisher Allen had sold his equipment for more than $50,000, was taking his wife and heading for the Caribbean in a surplus Marine Corps plane he had bought...