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...many critics it portended yet another Parkinsonian encroachment on community affairs. Objected Senate Republican Leader Everett Dirksen: "I never yet saw, when you set up a department that it didn't grow and proliferate. If we're ever going to put an end to this gargantuan growth of government, it will have to be done at this end of Pennsylvania Avenue, not the other." No Bet. At one point Dirksen challenged Connecticut Democrat Abraham Ribicoff, floor manager of the bill, to 1) write down the initial number of employees in the new department, and 2) put the list...
Savings from Size. One of the biggest reasons for the rush to the beach is the recent development of gargantuan bulk-carrier ships (up to 60,000 tons) that can haul coal and ore cheaply over vast distances. Another is the efficiency of the U.S. coal industry, whose mechanized output now undersells that of German and British mines in Europe, despite much higher U.S. wage rates, and is easily transported to seaports. Then, too, huge new deposits of high-grade ore that could be transported cheaply have been discovered in under developed countries. Result: waterside plants that are free...
...wrapped in Macedonian vine leaves) to the farm market displays of fresh vegetables, fruits and gourds that decorate the Top of the Fair restaurant at the World's Fair (which the firm took over this year). To wring a profit from its three restaurants in Manhattan's gargantuan new Pan American Building, President and Chief Executive Joseph H. Baum, 44, relied on novel dazzle. Result: the Trattoria's casual dolce vita atmosphere to woo after-theater crowds, Charlie Brown's Ale & Chophouse with a 19th century British menu, and Zum Zum, a sausage and beer...
...Saturday, as tournament officials tried to cram competitors from 16 Eastern colleges on to the 18-hole Yale lay-out, Buchanan spent 11 hours out on the course. Harvard Captain Cup Campen described the course as "a monster," hilly with big traps, elevated greens, and a number of gargantuan par-fours...
Berkley described welfare administration in Boston as "a gargantuan problem" that Dr. Derthick and the finance commission would find very difficult to explore. He expressed the hope that Dr. Derthick might have occasion to examine problems that in the past "she may not have gone into," specifically the welfare budget and departmental organization...