Word: clearing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...been any. At least, I haven't heard any from Harvard professors. Both Mark Howe, of the Law School, who spoke for Truman at the Law School Forum, and Sam Beer, of the Government Department who backed Truman in a debate with Professor Cherington Thursday evening, gave exceptionally clear, intelligent talks. So did Cherington, as a matter of fact--but Beer and Howe managed to persuade me that what I had thought all along was 100 percent right. And when your candidate is Harry Truman, that takes persuading...
...refuses to vote. The same goes for the man who is too lazy to vote, or too busy, or too anything else you can think of. The right to vote is one of the big issues of the times; the duty to vote when you have the right is clear, simple, and absolute...
...lower air levels are already pretty well watched by civilian weathermen. What interests the Air Force is the area far above-the clear, thin, cold upper atmosphere, where winds of enormous velocity blow around the world. The big job of meteorologists at present is to study these winds and learn how they stir up the atmosphere down below. The Air Force is charting atmospheric conditions up to 20,000 feet for the whole northern hemisphere. Soon it plans to extend the survey up to 40,000 feet...
...York State farmers have a network of their own-the Rural Radio Network. Its six stations and two affiliates blanket the state with a clear FM voice and programs tailored to the rural taste. The latest issue of FM and Television concludes that RRN is a boon not only to farmers, but also to the future of FM broadcasting. The network does a job of coverage with its eight stations that an AM hookup of 30 could not match...
Miss Greer wears an extensive and luscious assortment of jigsawed gowns, and uses her eyes, mouth and bosom so effectively that it soon becomes clear that she was born too late. Back in the disreputable old days of silent movies, when sex was sex, she would have become a major star very fast. Today, she seems as anachronistic as a Virginia royalist. But it is a pleasure to watch her work...