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There's one joker in these figures, but it's not an overwhelming one. Many of the non-veterans who are more than 20 years old were 4-F during the war and will presumably be exempt again...
...complete reorganization of existing facilities. The Harvard Coop, greatest offender during last year's crush, has completely revamped an antiquated system and now sells 25 percent more books in a given time than last term. Similarly, Phillips Book Store performs an effective razzle-dazzle with texts and orders. The joker in an otherwise excellent system lies with the inadequate, inaccurate book lists presented to the stores...
...with its new hand, Jersey Standard got a joker. The French have not taken kindly to Jersey Standard's view that the Red Line Agreement is defunct, are now suing-in London to try to keep it in force. As bait to the French to settle out of court, Jersey Standard and Socony have offered to sink upwards of $20,000,000 in Iraq's Kirkuk fields to quadruple production, help build two-and possibly three-more pipelines from Kirkuk to the Mediterranean...
...final joker is the lack of money available to the State Department for financing foreign commodity buying. With the Import-Export Bank holding a bare minimum of funds, any amount of relief appropriations would have to run a Congressional gauntlet. An economy-minded Republican Capitol Hill can be expected to cut to ribbons any such grant, especially since it is foreseen that some of the nations will have to receive outright gifts...
...tell you the truth, I haven't" answered Contratto, "but I suppose if some joker walked in and put $150,000 in cash on this table, I'd sell it to him lock, stock and barrel...