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...summer, at least, the Midwest will have no more gasoline than in 1946-and consumption is up about 15%. The Midwest felt the pinch first because the railroads, swamped by the bumper wheat crop, could not haul enough tank cars. The East Coast, supplied by tanker, is luckier...
...been shipped overseas. Many a U.S. schoolkid, wrestling with his first letter to a new, unknown friend, discovered that much of what he took for granted in his life looked wonderful written down ("We have mountains . . . fertile valleys . . . beautiful gardens"). When the thank-you notes arrived, he felt even luckier. Sample: "I am not writing so fine, because I have been 31 years in a camp. Well, let us not talk about that...
...materials. No uranium had been mined as yet, but fairly large deposits had been found in central Sweden. They were low grade, containing less than half a pound of uranium per ton of ore. Swedish uranium would be expensive, but cost might be no barrier if richer deposits in luckier countries were kept away from the open market...
Harrison Sanford, Cornell mentor, brings to Cambridge a tall, rangy squad whose average weight is an impressive 184 lbs. Luckier than most of his colleagues, Sanford boasts four former Varsity men in his first eight. Power and experience make them the team to watch...
Forts & Gyms. With his wife comfortably settled in "Fayerweather Arms," John McGreevy is luckier than most of the 40,000-odd G.I.s who have taken their wives with them to college. Dartmouth plans to build a village of 50 prefabricated houses to hold the 100 new couples expected next March. Overcrowded University of Colorado is refusing admission to all out-of-staters but G.I.s. The University of Vermont has lodged some of its overflow in the Army's Fort Ethan Allen. The University of Michigan has set up a prefabricated "vet's village." Wisconsin's "Vetsburg...