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When he took charge, one of the first things President Willard did was cancel all advertising. "We'll start again when we have something to advertise," he said. Having spent nearly half a billion on his railroad in the past 20 years, "Uncle Dan" now has something to advertise. He has authorized copy written this way: "70,000 of us invite you to travel...
...absent. A and B are paired. A is absent. B will not vote. But C, on B's side, is also absent but unpaired. B arranges to transfer his pair with A to C and then is free to vote, while the uncast votes of A and C cancel themselves out in the total...
...regular fall meeting of the Associated Harvard Clubs, held in Cambridge recently, it was decided to cancel the plans for the annual meeting in July which was to take place at Los Angeles, California. The resolution not to hold their meeting next year was passed by the executive committee of the joint Clubs, since it was felt that it would be unwise to stage the reunion next summer under the present business conditions. The Harvard Club of Southern California, which was to be host to the delegates of every Harvard Club in the nation, has acquiesced to the decision...
...their merriment was the successful manner in which they had called a bluff. Bluffers had been the representatives of Belgian Congo's Katanga Copper Co. (Union Miniére du Haut Katanga) who had refused to agree on production curtailment, had booked passage for home only to cancel it on the eve of sailing, return to the conference-table (TIME, Nov. 23). There was no glee when, a few days later, the Katangans suddenly rebooked passage, actually embarked. Copper curtailment, only solution to the industry's plight, seemed impossible...
...conclusion he pointed out that the duty of the American government was to do away with our disgraceful doles--private charity, breadlines, etc., cancel war debts, and stop the embargos on Russian products. They should dissolve all the old hates and prejudices, so as to give time to encouraging peaceful relations between the widely different social classes...