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Though frankly puzzled as to why he had been selected as subject for a Profile, Mr. Leighton does admit to holding down one of the busiest jobs in the University. In late Spring, when the names and correspondence of next year's new men are submitted to his office, he is faced with the task of assigning the men to rooms, selecting proctor for the Yard, and accruing 120 freshman advisers in the various fields. When that is done, then the worst is behind him, and he and his staff can settle down to the more routine job of Committee...
...flats of Dagenham, for instance, where the last of the river pirates were hanged on a gibbet a few centuries ago, Ford Motor Co., Ltd., of England has one of the biggest, busiest automobile plants in Europe-34 acres, 15,000 men under one roof. Furthermore, as of the time I was there the car and commercial vehicle sections of the British motor industry had already exceeded their export goals...
...months since it began, the U.S. airlift-now the world's biggest and busiest airline-had piled up some impressive records. Between June 26 and Aug. 26 it had made 15,853 flights, hauled 100,398 tons of food and other vital supplies to blockaded Berlin. Even more impressive, the planes had shuttled back & forth during the worst summer Germany had seen in years. Despite all the rain, fog and even sleet, GCA had brought the planes in for 850 blind landings without an accident...
...Busiest & Safest. Today the elevator is not only the busiest but the safest form of transportation. Last year, in Manhattan alone, 31,500 elevators carried between four and five billion passengers, injured only 118, killed 15. Half of the accidents were caused by the careless use of keys to elevator shaft doors (people step into cars that aren't there...
...around to picnics and rallies all over the state, paid no attention to the professional politicos. Most Iowans liked his record in the legislature. He had fought the governor on school legislation, had opposed Blue's stringent labor laws. When the returns came in, Bill Beardsley was the busiest man in Iowa. He was back of his soda fountain, helping fix the sundaes, Cokes and coffee for his farm neighbors...