Word: masses
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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STANISLAW R. J. SUCHECKI Dorchester, Mass...
...have. Early in 1947, he delivered at the London School of Economics a series of lectures on "Central Planning and Control in War and Peace," in which he described the ideal cabinet minister as having "clarity, precision in thought . . . Only a synoptic mind can at once master the mass of necessary detail and yet keep a sharp lookout for the essential." Whitehall gossips, who have long noted Franks's ambition, believe that this passage indicates that Franks feels himself well qualified to be Prime Minister. Certainly, Oliver Franks's description of the ideal minister bears a striking resemblance...
Slimmer Doses. With this mass of clinical material, Somogyi has come to a sweeping conclusion: among adult diabetics reporting for first treatment, there are less than 1% who cannot be treated so as to get along entirely without insulin.* Of the tiny fraction of more stubborn cases, nearly all can get by with 20 units of insulin a day-in the severest cases, no more than 30 units...
Opening day was a nerve-racker for some. High-school students in Hazleton, Pa. went on strike when they learned that the school board had voted to abolish football. "No sports-no school," cried their picket signs. "Township unfair to students." Worcester, Mass, was trying to find a teacher of Lithuanian to satisfy the parents who wanted the language taught. Otherwise, Worcester was all set; for the first time since the war, the city had enough teachers. San Francisco and Denver reported the same...
...First two: Linden, Mass., Trembles, Mont...