Word: commissioner
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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"Kind Bust" v. "Mean Bust." Before he left, the Japanese poured out their appreciation of General Eichelberger. The Emperor invited him to lunch-a rare courtesy. Prince Takamatsu, the Emperor's brother, came to tea with the general and his wife Emma (who through the war, and after, got...
Last week, to fill a gap in U.S. information, Royall announced a survey of the least known of the possible alternate routes-across the watersheds of the Atrato and Truandó rivers in northwest Colombia. A joint U.S.-Colombian commission will start a full-dress survey within 60 days. The...
Though artificial conception through extramarital donorship, reported the commission, "would appear to avoid the worst part of adultery-the personal betrayal of the spouse . . . the part of the unknown donor must seem an unlawful intrusion..."
Insemination by donor, the commission decided, is a "breach of the marriage." The bald term adultery was avoided to save the sensibilities of some churchgoing practicers of donor conceptions who might not have suspected that they were doing anything wrong.
Boost into Black. U.S. railroads, which had received a 21.4% temporary freight-rate increase since last October, got the increase made permanent by the Interstate Commerce Commission. ICC also added a new 1.2% boost (about $67.4 million a year), much less than the additional 5.6% the railroads had asked. Nevertheless...