Word: lowe
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When Roger Dearborn Lapham stepped down as mayor of San Francisco last January (his campaign pledge had been "One Term Only"), he let it be known that he intended to play plenty of golf (he used to shoot in the low 703) and take a three-month trip to Europe. But last week 64-year-old Roger Lapham decided to leave his clubs in the locker room and forswear the Grand Tour. The reason: Economic Cooperation Administrator Paul Hoffman had tapped him for chief of ECA's $338 million China aid mission. It was one of the toughest jobs...
Last week Abdullah continued to receive the homage of Arab leaders. The Arab League Secretary General, Abdul Rahman Azzam Pasha, arriving for a conference at Abdullah's palace, bowed low, kissed Abdullah's carefully manicured little hand, then placed it reverently against his forehead in the Arab sign of deference. There was more hand-kissing as Abdullah inspected the Iraq ist Brigade, which had just arrived to reinforce his Arab Legion. Said Abdullah: "I shall enter Palestine after May 15 ... even if the Arab League decides to accept armistice proposals...
...A.F.L., the C.I.O., the Physicians' Forum and other spokesmen for low-income groups protested loudly that this "free" system (in preponderant effect at present) results in overcharging and under-service. Farm spokesmen pointed out that many rural areas have few doctors or none. Only the richest parts of the country have enough medical services. The poorer parts, whose health affects the health and strength of the nation, are shunned by doctors as feeless medical wastelands. The only solution to the problem, cried labor, is national health insurance, financed and administered, when necessary, by the Government...
...intellectuals, was revived 14 months ago by bouncy Robert L. Smith, carnation-sporting general manager of the Los Angeles Daily News. As a regional monthly it grew from a circulation of 913 to 53,000, but was losing $15,000 an issue, having set its contract ad rates too low. Bob Smith signed up two new angels: Moviemaker Sam Goldwyn and Manhattan's Webb & Knapp, Inc., run by William Zeckendorf (TIME...
...last week at Birmingham. Though it has not yet completed its bench tests, London newspapers hailed the gas turbine as the advance guard of a power revolution. A vehicle driven by a gas turbine, the experts explained, would have no cooling system, no gearshift (except for reversing and extra-low gear), no continuous ignition system. It would be almost vibrationless, would need little lubrication, and would burn low-priced fuel such as kerosene or diesel...