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...that brave mood, Kiewit decided to whip Depression as well, began expanding while other contractors were pulling in their horns (his Brothers dropped out of the company). Shrewdly, he figured that public works would get a big play as a relief measure, and when the big New Deal projects came along he had the experience and the equipment to go after them. He landed $3,000,000 worth of contracts building PWA-financed irrigation canals in Nebraska, often got jobs by bidding for them at cost, figuring that prices would drop enough afterward for him to make a profit (they...
Dedicated Sentinel. Novelist Buzzati's fortress, which symbolizes the abode of brave souls, stands on a lonely mountaintop. It commands a view of a misty steppe to the north, from where it may at any moment be attacked. In Dostoevsky's day the invaders were known as "Nihilists" ; today, Buzzati calls them "Tartars." But their name is unimportant; what matters is that they represent the forces of spiritual despair and destruction...
Weather or Not. In Montgomery, Ala., Dr. Vernon Johns, pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, announced church services with a newspaper ad: "Beat the heat for God. Brave a reasonable amount of heat now instead of risking too much hereafter...
...Johnson's pink tinge grew rosier during the Spanish civil war and rosier still during World War II, but the Reds were then Britain's "brave Russian allies." The real wave of indignation against Johnson's pronouncements in favor of Soviet Russia reached its crest early last year when the Red Dean journeyed to Moscow to accept a Peace Prize from Stalin. Beaming with pride over his achievement, the dean met the wave of demands for his resignation with the announcement that he had deposited the prize money ($25,000 worth of rubles) in Moscow...
...Working Her Way Through College (Warner) poses a solemn problem: Is a burlesque queen (Virginia Mayo) with a yen for culture entitled to a college education? The answer is yes, mainly because of the brave battle for academic freedom waged by Theater Arts Professor Ronald Reagan. "Hot Garters Gertie," as the bump & grind artist is known, is saved from expulsion when Professor Reagan threatens to expose Board of Trustees Chairman Roland Winters as a wolf in sheepskin clothing who once gave Gertie a mink coat...