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...impressive gesture. Hard-up Britain could have avoided repayment by invoking a clause in the loan agreement allowing it to postpone interest payments. Instead it decided to dip into its dwindling gold and dollar hoard to make good its promise. The Tory government had its own good reasons for honoring the debt punctually. Winston Churchill, due to visit Washington next month, wants to sweeten up U.S. opinion before asking for a bigger share of U.S. Mutual Security funds (perhaps $300 million). "Our principle," explained a Whitehall official, "is that you should always pay your tailor promptly for the first suit...
...attend them under the current system, but it would encourage greater use of the Universities athletic facilities. These facilities are abundant and varied because the College officials decided that broad physical training was worthwhile. The plan would also spare the Faculty of Arts and Sciences of having to dip into its capital (as it did last year) to pay the H.A.A.'s debts. This capital should be used for scholarships, buildings, and improvements in the academic program...
...love of swagger drive him to shaky deeds. He takes graft and kickbacks from payrolls, sells secret government information to the natives. When he is fired from his government job, he gets another in the town store. He is soon fired again, and when he sneaks back to dip into the till, his ex-boss traps him. In the scuffle, the storekeeper is killed and Johnson is sentenced to hang. Bamu deserts him, of course. But Johnson's last request is granted. Rather than hang, he asks the District Officer to shoot...
...Little Fairy Waltz (Guy Lombardo; Decca). One of President Truman's pianistic favorites, given the full dip-and-sway treatment by the Lombardo brothers...
Harvard crew racing, which has always seemed as sure a thing as a share of A.T. & T., took another dip Saturday when Yale beat the Crimson by a little more than half a length and annexed the unofficial Eastern rowing championship...