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...warning -and sufficient SAC bombers took the air to make the warning effective. The Russians quit talking about volunteers. SAC's bombers can be moved to forward bases to make political points (and to be read on enemy radar) just as the Navy's fleets can steam ostentatiously to show the flag. As an instrument of keeping the peace in the cold war, bombers still have advantages-unlike launched missiles, they can be recalled, can be ordered to shift targets in flight. And currently, the Air Force's bombers pack a bigger explosive wallop than programed intercontinental...
...shipment's total value, thus immediately tying up an estimated $40 million worth of importers' funds. As a result, imports dropped an average $25 million monthly, were actually slightly behind currency-earning exports for the month of October. Moreover, inflation at home lost some of its steam. With the squeezing of bank loans, commodity traders were forced to unload their goods, and retail prices stopped climbing...
...sauna, or steam bath-house, was built last year next to the Ski Club's cabin in Pinkham Notch, N. H. It was made possible by a gift from Alexander H. Bright '19, and was completed with funds from the Club's treasury. Labor was supplied by members of the Ski Club when the skiing was poor...
...Three Ideas." The talks began on the subject of Anglo-American scientific sharing. "Harold," said the President, "you know I cruised briefly last summer on our newest aircraft carrier, the Saratoga. And I found myself particularly interested in three things-the angled deck, the mirror landing system and the steam catapult. The angled deck and catapult have made our carriers much more effective, and the landing system has saved lives of our men. I found also that all three of them were British ideas, British inventions." Macmillan was more than willing to agree on the mutual benefits of scientific cooperation...
...indexes for base-metal stocks, golds and uraniums all plunged to their lowest levels since 1954; the industrial index hit a 2½-year low. Next day bargain hunters swept into the market and share prices staged the biggest rise in the exchange's history, but the steam soon went out of the buying wave. As in the U.S., where Wall Street had a similar case of the shakes (see BUSINESS), prices seesawed indecisively for the rest of the week. Shares listed on the exchange lost $5 billion in paper values since the market's June peak...