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...automobile radio, with push-button tuning, that is no more drain on a car's battery than a pair of dial lights...
...Corporation's problem, then, is to rid itself of that nagging drain on its cherished and fast-diminishing hoard. A vigorous appeal for more endowed funds is the most obvious solution, and, assuming success, by far the best. A band of faithfuls, talking briskly in terms of millions, began such a drive last year, hoping to raise $2,000,000 by the January, 1954 deadline. Despite all the trumpeting throughout the nation about returning Faith to education, only a pitiful $600,000 has been pledged so far. There is no use in analyzing this gloomy result, nor is anything gained...
...China. Besides emasculating the United States' other military positions, this plan would consume bushels of money and hordes of men in an invasion which, against the numbers and modern equipment of the Chinese, would be fruitiness. In the battle's midst, the public would sicken at the drain of blood and dollars, and the campaign, if not already shattered by a Russian advance elsewhere, would grind to a farcical halt...
...report contained five objections, none of them very convincing. The best of the five is that the new system would cause an added book shortage on the days immediately preceding hour exams and papers, but the Council can easily counter with a provision that if the drain on any title becomes serious the librarians can suspend the 5:30 rule...
...economic advisers, is going through a round of conferences at the Kremlin. Obviously no one in the West knows what is on the agenda, but Western intelligence men have some educated guesses. The Chinese are almost certainly asking more aid for the Korean war, which is proving a great drain on Red China. Almost 90% of China's trade is now going to Russia and her satellites to pay for war supplies from Peking's allies. Among the things Chou is reportedly asking...