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...Disturb. This sounded like murky talk to a nation whose arms crisis had been as clear as black & white since last June. Symington, testifying before a Senate committee the day after MacArthur's communiqué, said that "we ought to try and give present controls more chance and get a little clearer view of exactly what it is that the Defense Department wants before we, you might say, strait-jacket the economy." Essentially, the Administration had been more worried about keeping the $226 billion economy unruffled than about U.S. defenses. For example, instead of pressing the button...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NATIONAL DEFENSE: Black & White | 12/11/1950 | See Source »

...nice bridge, probably-all $732,000 of it. But how is anyone going to park with people whirling around him in a rotary? Mr. Langsworth of Muuroo-Langsworth, the contractors for Eliot Bridge, conceded that it "might disturb one a bit." A workman was equally callous: "They'll just have to find another place further down...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Another Link . . . | 11/28/1950 | See Source »

Mulvihill added that the delay in settlement does not disturb him, and he expects an agreement to be reached within a month. In the meantime, the maids and all other employees will continue their work as usual, he stated...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mulvihill Predicts Maids Will Continue Next Year | 11/21/1950 | See Source »

...Overseers are the group who have the final review on all matters of policy around the University. Their method of selection might disturb educators, for alumni always seem to pick the most prominent men running for the offices disregarding any other factors that might be involved...

Author: By Frank B. Gilbert, | Title: University Retains Close Contact With Alumni; Reunions Bring Graduates Back To Cambridge | 11/8/1950 | See Source »

University officials are always appealing for unrestricted gifts to Harvard, but each year the University is given an odd not of donations that must disturb the auditors...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: University Given Odd Gifts, Funds for Greek Students | 10/25/1950 | See Source »

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