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Students at Fletcher, an internationally famous graduate school of Lawand Diplomacy, had previously accused Wessel of being the main figure behind a Tufts' plot to absorb their school into its new university...
Such a program, along the lines of the highly successful crop insurance scheme, would not only fill the gap left by private companies but would also be a safe financial risk for the government. For a federal corporation could absorb the losses from local disasters by spreading its coverage over a wide area and could wait for many years for losses to be paid back in premiums. The federal government, moreover, has the experienced personnel to administer such a program, as indicated by the efficiency of the Armed Forces and crop insurance plans. Flood insurance is no final answer...
Mercury added three new models, including the low-priced, two-door Medalist, with less chrome and decoration. It also upped its horsepower from 198 to 225 on some models, and adopted the Ford safety package: "deep-dish" steering wheel to absorb impacts, crash-resistant door locks, optional seat belts...
Truman hardly had time to absorb the impact of President Roosevelt's death and the immensity of his new job before he was called upon to make a big decision. Minutes after taking the oath of office -less than three hours after Roosevelt's death-he was preparing to hold his first Cabinet meeting, when Press Secretary Steve Early came into the Cabinet Room. "The press, he explained, wanted to know if the San Francisco Conference on the United Nations would meet, as had been planned, on April 25th. I did not hesitate a second. I told Early...
...over the U.S. suggested that smog irritation may not be caused by the obviously suspect fumes from exhaust pipes and smoke stacks. The theory: combustion in power plants and all types of engines throws hundreds of tons of nitrogen oxides into the air, along with hydrocarbon compounds. The oxides absorb energy from sunlight, which enables them to turn hydrocarbon compounds into what chemists call "free radicals," i.e., fragments of molecules free to form new chemical compounds. Possible result: rare chemicals in the air never suspected in smog...