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Avco's President Victor Emanuel, who has a $200 million defense backlog, gave Mulligan a contract and enthusiastic recommendations to his friends...
...provide thirsty cities, Los Angeles, Houston, New York and others, with unlimited supplies; it is considering a bill to authorize longterm, interest-free loans (up to $5,000,000) to local groups that want to build small dams. But Congress has left the Army Engineers with an $8.5 billion backlog of flood-control and water-storage projects. Only last week the House Appropriations Committee slashed $48 million from President Eisenhower's $512 million budget for water projects next year. The price of water conservation may seem high, but the cost of water shortage is even higher...
...Hoover Commission, instead of trying to save the Government money, denounced Secretary Hobby's Department of Health, Education and Welfare for not having spent enough-on research. Specific target: $7,400,000 needed by the National Institutes of Health for a backlog of 723 research projects on topics ranging from mental health to photosynthesis...
...expected "leveling off" in steel and autos may have already begun. As of the middle of May, although new cars were still selling well, dealers had about 750,000 new cars on hand, the biggest backlog since prewar days. While current orders from automakers remain strong, demand is expected to slip soon. However, with nonauto steel buying continuing to increase, the steel industry is looking for no real slump in demand...
...posters, the papier decoupes and the decorative works, Matisse arrived at that "condensation" towards which his later paintings and drawings seemed to be moving. Its virtue are a profound simplicity of design and powerful use of color. A backlog of 50 years of technical knowledge imparts surety and strength to his childlike visions...