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Slowly the brakes of the U.S. Government's standard model deflationary program (for export only) began to grind and squeal. By April, skyrocketing retail prices began to descend. Currency in circulation dropped from a 75 billion won high in January to a May 19 figure of 57.7 billion. Government departments and government-run factories trimmed down to economy size to fit the new budget...
...unable to do things if they are in the national interest . . . I do not believe in coalitions that are formed only as the result of party bargainings. It is vain to suppose that . . . an artificial arrangement between party leaders would meet our needs . . . How deep we shall have to descend the dark stairway which lies before us no one can tell...
...head, and said: "I'm in no condition to talk to anyone." In many big cities the census takers had to call in interpreters to get their information. There would probably be more difficulty next week when contingents of male enumerators observe T (for transient) night, and descend in one swoop on the inhabitants of flophouses, skid roads and missions...
Several thousand people will descend on Wellesley at 10:45 a.m. today to witness the Inauguration Exercises officially inducting Margaret Clapp as eighth president of the College. Provost Buck, Archibald MacLeish, Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory, and Radcliffe's President Jordan will comprise part of the delegation from 86 colleges...
...tennis club . . . When I had reached the little park on Shipka Street, I was overtaken and passed by a civilian on a bicycle that did not bear any license plate, a matter which came instantly to my attention. This person crossed my line of progress, summoned me to descend, asked for my name and ordered me to walk alongside of him up Shipka Street...