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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Mirza. a whisky drinker and a heavy cigarette smoker, loathes intrigue and is staunchly loyal to those who trust him. Says he of Pakistan's politicians: "They are mostly crooks and scalawags." Last year when, as Governor of East Bengal, he worked titanically amid the flood disaster and was mobbed by genuinely cheering crowds, a Pakistani said: "Mirza has done more for the common man whom he says he despises than all the politicians who promised a new heaven and earth to get votes." Today Mirza lives in a big house with ample grounds and cool white porticos...
MICHELANGELO complained about noise and marble dust in our profession," says Sculptor David Smith, "but I finish the day looking like a grease monkey." Sculptor Smith's complaint reflects the rise of a new phenomenon in the art world: a flood of wire and metal shapes that is turning many a sculptor's studio into something resembling a blacksmith's shop, where the oxyacetylene torch has replaced the hammer and chisel, a welder's mask the smock...
Practical Considerations. The five-man FPC, which has spent two years listening to the arguments, emphasized practical considerations behind its unanimous decision. The high, multipurpose federal dam would have provided more power and slightly more flood protection than Idaho Power's dams. (Neither project provides for irrigation, and differences in navigational and recreation benefits are negligible.) However, the huge public project would have cost far more: $388 million, v. the $176 million Idaho Power will spend. Concluded FPC: the costs of public power in relation to investment would "have no clear economic advantage over the three-dam plan...
...farms, 2) 1,700 new businesses, 3) 20,000 new jobs, 4) 93,000 more people. 5) $250 million a year in new farm and business incomes. The Garrison project will triple the power capacity of the state with its 400,000 kw., and its flood controls will impound floodwater from 180,000 square miles. Eventually, the Missouri will be backed up into a new lake 200 miles long and 6 to 15 miles wide...
Price Cutters. The best argument against a general price increase is the fact that the greatly expanded U.S. industrial plant is turning out such a flood of goods that competition and price cutting seem bound to keep prices in line. Even though the list prices of cars, appliances and radios might rise, there is not much chance of an immediate rise in the price consumers actually pay. Autos were selling last week at anywhere from 15% to 25% under list prices, and even manufacturers were, in effect, cutting their prices to dealers by bonus plans...