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Last week Angelina was taking hesitant steps on her crutches. With a special long-handled comb she could do her own hair; with a tonglike device she pulled on her socks, and she scored a notable ADL victory when she worked a slip over her head. With a hand sewing machine (the exercise of working it is good for her), Angelina can almost be selfsupporting...
...step in establishing the College came in 1636 when the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay appropriated one quarter of its tax levy "towards a schoale or college." Over a year elapsed before any further steps were taken, but late in 1637 the first Overseers purchased a slip of land from Goodman Peyntree on the southern edge of Cowyard Row. (The present Cambridge Common is all that remains of this great cow pasture.) Around this nucleus the Yard slowly expanded until reaching its present size in the first half of the eighteenth century...
Arriving in Manhattan for a showing of his spring creations. Paris Dressmaker Christian Dior let slip a few shapes of things to come. What next year's chic woman will look like, according to the edict of the Dioracle: her skirt will be "just a bit longer," her dress hues often favoring "toast to caramel" shades, her hat smaller, in order to show more of her face...
...almost as anxious for success as the company itself. For one thing, topflight competition has always resulted in a bigger overall auto market. For another, both Ford and General Motors are worried about monopoly charges by the Justice Department if Chrysler's percentage of auto sales should slip. Chrysler is determined to set their minds at ease. Growls blunt-talking Edgar C. Row, former boss of Chrysler Corp. of Canada, who took over the No. 2 spot under Tex Colbert last July: "From now on, every s.o.b. who sells another make of car is our enemy...
...losing ground as the nation's primary oil explorers while the U.S. depends increasingly on risky foreign oil. The vast oilfields of the Middle East are likely to be neutralized in an emergency, leaving the U.S. dependent for its supply on a domestic industry that it has let slip behind. What independents want is a much bigger cut in imports than ODM's scheduled 1%, and a price rise large enough to enable them to pour more money into exploration...