Word: buildings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Very Serious? "It is fine for Truman to utter warnings. It is sensible to build up the armed forces. But Frenchmen, Belgians and Dutch cannot understand why, if the situation is 'very, very serious...
...made against the Wallace move: that "this third party is...a Communist Party maneuver to advance the foreign policy interests of the Soviet Union"; that "this party has neither the organizational structure, basic philosophy, nor support of organized labor"; and that historical record dooms to failure "all attempts to build a political party from the top around a particular individual." Reuther holds out hopes and dramatizes them with consummate skill. The results are limited only by the extent of his access to the public...
...other hand, is Maddux pessimistic about his lacrosse team. He has the biggest squad in his experience out of which to build a team. Unfortunately he has but five more days in which to find the nucleus. Come next Tuesday, the authorities at Drexel Institute will be expecting a Harvard lacrosse team on its field. And also come next Tuesday the H.A.A. will be paying the way for only twenty players...
Lone serious note of the program was injected by new football coach Art Valpey who promised "to build a gridiron squad in keeping with past Harvard tradition if the Freshmen and the rest of the College would think only of the team and not sympathize with any individuals...
...Engineer Lord could get steel for the Argentines, he could nail a $40 million contract to build in Buenos Aires what he believes would be the world's largest sewage-disposal plant. Lord also has his eye on hydroelectric plant and housing contracts. How to get the profits out? "A company can now withdraw profits up to 12% a year on its investment," he says. "Where else can you get 12% on your money...