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Born in Lincoln, Neb., Berge learned trust-busting from the speeches of his politician-father against the railroads, the axle-grease monopoly, the binder-twine trust. Berge learned to make speeches in fact-packed, coldly logical style while stumping the state with his father. At the University of Nebraska he was a star student, once passed a course on Poet John Milton with a grade of 95 after only a week's study. He got his law degree at the University of Michigan, gave up work in a Manhattan law firm as too dull, and went to the antitrust...
...soil prevents water from penetrating in sufficient quantity to soften it. A resin-stabilized road stays so dry that even when it is covered with a layer of water a truck driven over it throws up a trail of dust. Stabinol does not waterproof sand (because sand lacks a binder to make it solid) and it does not work on ground that is already muddy. It is most effective in heavy clay that usually becomes gooey when...
...toward the objective, even though our grandchildren's grandchildren will not live to see it. He calls this "longterm optimism." It is as if somebody were trying to console a weary harvester in a 15th-Century grainfield by hinting that in the 20th Century a mechanical reaper and binder might be invented...
...JAMES BINDER Redondo Beach, Calif...
...emerging federations would have in common: 1) a primarily economic binder, customs unions rather than political mergers; 2) a need to look to Moscow for guidance in their external affairs, to Russia for much of their trade; 3)3 role to play in securing Russia's southwestern frontiers and thwarting German ambitions eastward...