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...keep down prices and wages? A rise in both is bound to accompany the end of hostilities in the steel mills. The reason for this is the twilight of half-peace and half-war that shrouds the nation. There is reason enough for controls, yet not enough to elicit a no-strike pledge. Price-wage control and industrial peace therefore are somewhat incompatible. The President, faced with a choice between the two, choose the latter. Although inflation is a menace indeed, when labor troubles jeopardize America's war efforts and preparedness programs, no decision other than Truman's is possible...
...head, a half-attentive smile, and a "Well, you don't say." Or it may immediately detonate an incredulous guffaw, ending with a murmured "Well, by golly! Can you beat that!" It may be pounced on frowningly and all its details subjected to legalistic analysis. It may even elicit a rebuke for exaggeration. But if the judge is in an uproarious humor, he will take the tall story and run it up several degrees higher into Gargantuan fantasy, rolling with laughter at his own verbal extravagance...
...with a respected organization, the response to College activities and athletics is mostly stronger than the enthusiasm for the same things in the Harvard Houses. College intramural sports have scarcely any trouble raising a full roster and occasionally draw good crowds. College dramatic efforts once or twice a year elicit vigorous interest. Several masters judged these activities particularly valuable because they introduced students to "work for work's sake" rather than work for the sake of being a big shot. French was particularly surprised that varsity athletes in their off seasons showed great zest for College sports...
...Civil Service Commission, in issuing its first rule in 1884, recognized the right of every government employee to freedom of thought by stating, "no question . . . shall be framed as to elicit information concerning the political or religious opinions of any applicant...
Thirdly, "314" is planned as a unifying force within the College. It will document each senior's career, and further, it hopes to serve as a review and evaluation of each year for every undergraduate. By so doing it seeks to elicit undergraduate support and interest as a secondary effect and thus again add to the strength of its staff...