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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Pressure. Thus ended the notable political career of Clare Luce. It had begun, formally, in September 1942 when she accepted a nomination for Congress as her war-job. The U.S. was still on the defensive. Before Pearl Harbor and afterwards, Clare Luce had seen as much of the war around the world as any American civilian-and she had very strong ideas on the nature of the catastrophe into which the U.S. and the world had been betrayed by a variety of follies and stupidities. She wanted a more vigorous war effort and a more intelligent foreign policy after...
...total of 58 men signed up for the races on the Weld Boat Club lists, 21 are wherry hopefuls. "Only those who have begun rowing during the summer term will race in these beginners' boats," said Dennison...
Then a drive was begun to declare federal sovereignty and ownership over the submerged lands. Partly it was inspired by would-be claim-jumpers who saw a chance to muscle in on a gusher of oil and dollars. Partly it was the work of the Navy which wanted to have a great reserve of oil set aside for war. The claim-seekers and the Navy soon had "Honest Harold" on their side, for whatever that might be worth. In dealing with congressional committees, it was not much...
...runner-up was the pre-primary favorite, earnest Dr. Homer Price Rainey, ousted president of the University of Texas.* After a discreet radio campaign that degenerated into fang and claw stumping, 50-year-old Baptist Dr. Rainey had clapped a Stetson on his bald head and begun calling names in the best southwestern tradition. He had done very well for a professor suspected by Texans of having read John Dos Passos' U.S.A. But, even with the silent support of the C.I.O.-P.A.C. and Texas' more than 50,000 voting Negroes, Homer Rainey would have...
...muscular re-education much like that for polio cases. Treatment takes from six months to a year, and costs $200 to $250 a month. Improvement is apparently retained. Possibilities vary with the extent of brain damage, but most of Dr. Kabat's patients have improved-the speechless have begun to talk, the trembling have learned to eat with a steady hand, walk with a sure step...