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Least violent is Career in C Major, which is intentional opéra bouffe. Its hero is Leonard Borland, a big-time contractor stalled by the Depression. He is the henpecked husband of an awesome socialite with a nasty disposition and a maniacal ambition to be a singer. Leonard is also an undiscovered baritone of great power. One day a concupiscent soprano, the season's sensation, sights and seduces him. Sample: "We stayed that way a minute, breathing into each other's faces, looking into each other's eyes. Then she mumbled: 'Damn...
...Defense was Truman's own idea. As country judge he had awarded $60,000,000 in contracts; he knew how hard it had been to get honest performance. Up rose the Senator to demand that Congress keep an eye on war expenditures: he had never yet found a contractor who, left unwatched, "wouldn't leave the Government holding...
From now on, said the Navy, it will abandon cost-plus-fixed-fee contracts (in which the contractor is guaranteed a profit no matter what his costs) and return to competitive bidding and fixed-price contracts (in which the cheaper a manufacturer produces a product the more profit he will make...
George Kenney was raised (to a height of 5 ft. 6 in.) in Brookline, Mass. He studied civil engineering at M.I.T., but left after three years to become an instrument man for Quebec & Saguenay Railroad. Then he became a civil engineer and a contractor. In 1917 he enlisted in the U.S. Signal Corps as a private. He learned to fly under Bert Acosta, who was later to achieve fame as a transatlantic pilot. His first three landings were all dead stick, but he was notably successful once he got to France. Twice he was shot down. He was credited with...
...whether John is a substantial citizen or a time-wasting crackpot. When a new or expanding Federal agency has to hire a big staff in haste, D. & B. rechecks on its appointees at leisure. It checks up on the character as well as the financial status of war contractors for Government agencies handing out contracts, checks on new employes for a contractor faced with a sudden increase in his staff...