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...This has worked well in areas where health officials have made it clear that the information will never reach the police.) Laboratories, it is proposed, should be compelled to report all positive reactions. Once bitten by overoptimism, the VD crusaders are now doubly shy of any letdown. There must be no cutback in funds, they insist, until the great pox is really conquered. Dr. Brown warned that as cases become fewer, finding them will become harder-and perhaps more costly...
...Russia, Bandleader Benny Goodman blew into Leningrad last week and delivered his message-piping hot and groovy. The Leningrad crowd that surged forward to greet him at the opening concert shouting "Davai Benny"was by all odds the jazz-happiest crew the band had yet encountered. The only letdown came at what should have been a high point in the tour-the collaboration of Goodman and Pianist Byron Janis in a performance of Rhapsody in Blue...
...Capital Letdown. The reasons for the President's concern could be seen in last week's economic straws in the wind. The gross national product, which the Administration had earlier predicted would hit $570 billion this year, now seems unlikely to rise higher than $555 billion to $560 billion. Business inventories-a big factor in determining G.N.P.-should be rising at this time of year; instead, the April inventory figures, in terms of sales expectations, showed a slight decline. New factory orders for durable goods have declined for the third month...
...military seemed in no hurry to; nor did the populace. As the Per&243;nista 24-hour "general strike" went on without incident or bloodshed, about 75% of all workers showed up at the factory and nearly all at their offices. Argentines seem to share a common letdown feeling that a promising convalescence from dictator ship had been harshly interrupted. But there was also a feeling, among contentious and proud rivals, that a nation's continuity must be preserved, and that this took precedence over individual ambitions and disagreements. The situation in Argentina could still get out of hand...
...packaging that, when absent, can be an extremely negative factor. Nobody likes to feel cheated, and when you buy a cake of soap only to find that two-thirds of the package volume is box, wrapping and air, and one-third is soap, there is a subtle but unmistakable letdown feeling. The same applies to boxed cereals and crackers that supposedly 'settle' in shipment. Misleading packaging is bad business, and people just won't stand for it much longer...