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...British government announced last week that a deposit of uranium ore amounting to a million tons had been discovered in northern Wales. British spokesmen said that the ore was of "extremely low yield," but "in no way inferior" to that being worked by the Russians in Germany...
...Those who rely on their own interpretation of the scripture to judge church doctrine "instead of explaining holy scripture according to the mind of the church, which Christ our Lord has appointed guardian and interpreter of the whole deposit of divinely revealed truth...
...route to Korea, was finally convinced that he needed only a single musette bag. Randolph Churchill, representing the London Daily Telegraph, caused an uproar in Tokyo's Press Club by demanding that he be allowed to sign chits for drinks before he had plunked down his membership deposit. (He was put out.) Almost every newcomer expected to be taken out for one last binge in Tokyo before leaving for the front...
...invest in common stocks, the first time the state regulations have permitted them such leeway. They will be allowed by law to invest "up to 35% of their funds (an estimated $1 billion) in such common stocks as a "prudent man" would buy. The effect of all this safety-deposit buying would be to cut down the available supply of stock and consequently drive up prices...
...walked to the end of the room and conferred a minute with a fellow as bulky as himself; it was his brother Leonard. Then Erickson answered, apologizing for "losing my memory-I was a little nervous." The brother, it turned out, was paid $20,000 a year. "Just to deposit money in the bank?" asked Tobey incredulously. "That's right," said Gambler Erickson...