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...slack year for national heroes was 1929. The public prints lacked new and spectacular performers to make the public hero-conscious. But the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission, only U. S. hero-rewarding organization except the Government, found no dearth of candidates. Last week it recognized 51 acts of heroism, more than twice last year's number...
This is a war of cheap cars, Ford v. Chevrolet. There is a surprising dearth of such cars on the Continent. Citroen, leading continental mass-producer, cannot turn out a car that will undersell the Ford in France, though Fords cost 25,700 francs ($1,008), about double the American price. The cheapest Chevrolet model sells for 30,400 francs ($1,191). France's 45% ad valorem duty largely accounts for these prices. Even with this duty, it is estimated that General Motors' projected cheap car for the Opel Works could be sold in France at about...
...dearth of good screen productions in Hub theatres, which has been rather noticeable these past few weeks, seems destined to continue a while longer, at least as far as the Metropolitan is concerned. "Someone to Love," the Publix offering which opened yesterday, may perhaps be best described by the term naive...
...they look for competent criticism of the very subjects which are on the tips of their tongues, athletic enthusiasts again find in the newspapers renewed satisfaction. Although the headlines are not as incongruously conspicuous as those of three weeks ago the articles are none the less convincing in the dearth of copy sextet supplants eleven and Garden replaces Stadium--if not quite so perfectly as could be desired at least adequately...
Writing in the Harvard Advocate, he expresses the belief that at meetings of prominent alumni there is a dearth of Phi Beta Kappa men Key men, he says are likely to disappear but he doesn't give us any information as to the where abouts of this Part of Missing Phi Betes...