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Enter: Bull. The stock market paid little heed to the fat profits or to any of the other household gods that traders once swore by. Ever since it had collapsed in fear of a recession in 1946, the market had been seesawing, trying to make up its mind whether the boom had really come to stay. Looking at some of the props under the boom-plant expansion, ECA and rearmament orders-investors celebrated the tax cut by finally placing their bets...
...food prices were not likely to decline so long as the high support prices for farm products were continued. In its nearly 30-year history, the federation, strongest U.S. farm lobby, has always gone down the line for price supports and for guaranteed markets. Congress had seldom failed to heed its cry. This year it was the Southern cotton and tobacco growers who came out strongest for keeping farm support prices as high as possible and for extending them to commodities that are not being supported under the present law (e.g., fruits and vegetables...
...Marsh kept the family together by iron determination and a switch that was put to stinging use whenever any of the boys broke her cardinal rule: "Don't fight among yourselves. You must depend on each other." By mowing lawns, selling papers, and other odd jobs, and paying heed to "Mother," the Marshes made ends meet. In six years Mother Marsh bought a white frame house...
...these reasons alone are enough to lead the Radcliffe Deans to abandon separate exams. If they feel that the honor system in exams is a failure, they should come out and say so. If they merely feel that it would be easier to combine with Harvard, they should take heed of the Radcliffe vote before they make a final decision...
Tomorrow the alumni authorities will hear the reasoning of the Saltonstall Committee. They should heed also the AVC and Council statements. If the officials believe that the student stand is correct, then the only logical course will be to reject the Saltonstall Committee's report...