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Lawyer's Promise. At this point, Faure, one of France's best lawyers, was at his most skillful. France "does not intend to accede to any threat, intimidation or terrorism," said Faure ringingly, and added in the next breath that France was nevertheless "attached to a policy of evolution and reform." He promised that he would not "proceed by surprise or sensation," but, he added, he did not intend "to tie my hands or renounce my prerogatives of executive in advance." Their suspicions assuaged by these dexterous promises, the Deputies heard their tail-coated Speaker tell them...
Next, the men on the job intend to draw out 525 miles of deep canals from the Missouri into the flatlands, to irrigate no fewer than 960,000 marginal acres and improve no fewer than 18 million acres. North Dakota hopes the new water will bring it: 1) 3,600 new 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...
...invalid because the bishops were in communion with nonconformist clergymen. The Annunciationists also charged that the C.S.I, refused to accept the Christian creeds in entirety, pointed to a clause in the C.S.I, constitution in proof: "The uniting churches accept the fundamental truths embodied in the creeds . . . but do not intend thereby to demand the assent of individuals to every word and phrase of them...
...open, and Atomic Energy Commission officials refuse, sometimes nervously, to answer questions touching remotely on the subject. But the rumors have enough substance to worry electric power companies. In the absence of assurances to the contrary, some of them are afraid that the fission (uranium) power plants they intend to build in the near future may be hopelessly outmoded before they are finished...
...increase two weeks ago, many a businessman feared that it was. Philco Corp. warned that high raw material and increased labor costs "are contributing to another round of higher production costs." Youngstown Kitchens announced a10¼% boost in factory prices. Dun & Bradstreet, which asked 1,104 businessmen what they intend to do about prices in the last quarter of this year, reported that 26% said they expected to raise them (in April, in answer to a similar question on third-quarter prospects, only 18% said they planned boosts...