Word: handy
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Between the years 1920 and 1940, Eu rope suffered a spiritual agony unparalleled since the French Revolution. But readers are not likely to discover that fact from Heart of Europe. In part this is because the editors, suffering the handi caps of space and copyright that usually beset anthologists, hive included only fragments of each author's work. Marcel Proust, whose Remembrance of Things Past totals 2,265 pages, is represented by five pages ("The Death of Bergotte") from his The Captive. Andre Gide is rep resented by six pages from Les Nouvelles Nourritures. Thomas Mann contributes 13 pages...
Samuel Goldwyn cleared up a point for a New York Times interviewer who asked him: "Do producers really make stars?" Confessed Producer Goldwyn: "As a matter of fact, they don't. God makes stars and the public recognizes His handi-work...
Today the labor shortage is teaching many firms that handicapped workers are worth the extra care they need: job fitting, transportation arrangements, special legal provisions, safety precautions (epileptics should not operate dangerous machines, fat people Should not Climb ladders). Consolidated Aircraft's 700 handi capped workers, for example, have the best attendance record in the plant. One small company has had such success with handicapped workers that they now com prise the majority of the employes : about 75 of the 85 workers at Minneapolis' C. & F. Tool Co. are handicapped...
...Planemaker William E. Boeing's Slide Rule, who beat both Blue Swords and Gold Shower in the Experimental Handi cap at Jamaica fortnight...
...Guard camp in typical northern Florida terrain -flat, sandy, scraggly with pine. Last week, six months ahead of schedule, it was a $15,000,000 naval air base, combed, brushed and parted with runways, hang ars, shops and barracks. The airborne Navy visitors looked on the Navy's handi work and found it good. There were a few speeches, the flag was run up, the watch set, the guard posted. An hour later it was another working day for the Navy's southeastern air station...