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...appointed by the President for bringing renown to Italy; one for being an ex-President ; the rest for being oldtime anti-Fascist legislators or longterm political prisoners under Fascism. This constitutional oddity has worked to the Reds' advantage. They elected only 36 Senators in 1948, but picked up a bonus of 31 more seats "by right" among ex-prisoners. Together with the fellow-traveling Nenni Socialist faction, this gave them a solid 100-man obstructionist bloc in the Senate, and golden opportunities for delaying and debauching the democratic process, as they proved in the Palm Sunday rumpus over electoral reform...
...Ambassador Loy Henderson brought Offer No. 6. It was by far the best. Britain offered to drop its legal blockade of Iran's oil, asked in return that an impartial third party be chosen to fix the compensation for Anglo-Iranian. The U.S. added its own bonus: a promise to purchase $130 million worth of Iran's oil, $50 million of the amount to be advanced immediately on account...
...potentially fatal malignancies which required surgery have been discovered. In G.M.'s program, the director Dr. Max Burnell, has calculated that 422 persons underwent operations after the examinations disclosed hidden ailments. Jones & Laughlin's medical director, Dr. John Laurer, believes that health programs also pay an extra bonus in morale and better productivity. Said he: "When an executive doesn't have to worry about his health, he feels and works better...
...pumped a bullet into Linse's legs; they relaxed and the door closed. Inside the Soviet zone, Paul and a major in the People's Police were waiting; they took Dr. Linse. Knobloch and his buddies got a six-week, all-expenses-paid vacation and a $250 bonus...
...editorial that not all instances of pressure occurred in any one unit of the ROTC, or even uniformly in all sections of a unit. Perhaps a share of the ROTC's blame should be transferred to the directors of the PBH blood drive. For if they suggested the bonus credit scheme, it seems that in their enthusiasm over this worthy project they have forgotten the limits of the ROTC position at the University. Nevertheless, the ROTC units could have turned down the merit bonus suggestion, just as they did a PBH proposal that the units stage an intra-ROTC competition...