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...Then Cullen responded to the praise: "I feel humble. I am sorry the good Lord didn't give me a little more ego so I could feel great." After minimizing himself, Oilman Cullen put in a plug for his biography: "I became convinced that the only way to counteract some of the false theories abroad in the land would be to meet these with the true story of an American boy who by hard work, faith, honesty and courage, pushed obstacles aside and succeeded in life only because he lived in a land which permitted individual initiative to prosper...
...counteract these figures, the bankers have been wheeling out some arguments of their own. Bankers complain that many savings and loan associations do not make it clear that they are not banks; that with 83% of their capital tied up in long-term mortgages, they are neither diversified nor able to pay off investors if there should be a sudden rush of withdrawals. Savings and loan men answer that, under law, 6% of their funds are kept in cash or Government bonds, hence are readily liquid, and most accounts are Government-insured, just like most savings accounts. They also argue...
Another type of suit is needed to counteract the effect of gravity forces. "G suits" do that job in the crudest way possible-by restricting the flow of blood. The G suit looks like a pair of close-fitting overalls, with five rubber bladders set in: one over the belly, two over the thighs, and a pair around the calves. Automatically inflated, these check the footward blood flow, and they can be deflated for straightaway flight...
...became the world's largest producer of cultured pearls; of a kidney ailment; in Nagoya, Japan. Perfecting by trial and error a method of seeding oysters known since the 13th century (a fleck of sand or a tiny bead is forced into the oyster, which seeks to counteract the irritant by coating it with layer upon layer of pearl-making nacre), spry, fun-loving Mikimoto (who entertained his employees with feats of magic and parasol-twirling) scandalized Paris in 1913, when he first brought his quarter-price pearls to the international market, later piled up an estimated $10 million...
RAYMOND ARON, who has been called the "French Walter Lippmann," tells Premier Mendes-France how he can counteract the loss...