Word: correctible
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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TIME'S STORY "DISASTER" PAGE 22, APRIL 28TH ISSUE, STATES: "THEN, IN A SPLITTING SERIES OF EXPLOSIONS . . . THE MONSANTO PLANT AND MOST OF THE REST OF THE WATERFRONT BLEW UP." THIS IS NOT CORRECT. NO PART OF THE MONSANTO PLANT EXPLODED OR BLEW UP. MATERIALS HANDLED BY THIS PLANT WERE INFLAMMABLE BUT NOT EXPLOSIVE, AND THE PLANT BURNED BUT DID NOT BLOW...
Many of the provisions of the anti-labor laws, now being considered by congress, are not-designed to correct some acknowledged faults of unions, but to weaken the entire union movement. Labor unions are a necessary part of our capitalist system. Only through effective organization can the workers' bargaining power be equalized with that of management. If we are to achieve economic stability this organization must be preserved...
...Overlanders" achieves its distinction through a scrupulous regard for simplicity and historical accuracy. The story of a thousand cattle being driven across 1200 miles of rugged terrain needs expert treatment to maintain a high level of interest without sporadic injections of high-octane melodrama. "The Overlanders" reaches the correct balance between fact and fiction, resulting in a refreshing absence of gun play or fiendish attacks by woolly-headed natives. By careful pruning, the producers have portrayed the grim struggle to save a herd from the Japanese with all its harsh, wearing aspects. A long push to a dried-up water...
...eager contestants, aflame to spend the promised evening with "Miss Juno," have released sundry shafts at her elusive identify thus far, the HDC announced last night. In a typical letter summing up the main attraction of the competition, Henry H. Arthur, 2nd '46 penned passionately, "if my answer is correct and the prize includes a date with the above mentioned brunette, I wish to withdraw my entry...
Dissatisfaction in the country over inflated prices, corrupt officials and monopolistic politics that often breeds corruption in high places obviously has something to do with it. But Aléman is unperturbed. "We have demonstrated our ability to correct mistakes," he says, "and we remain in control...