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...batteries, wiring and parts for autos and other products could now be adjusted-at a price (see BUSINESS). The holdback of many production and consumer items was certain to end-as it had in food and many textiles. Business in general did not look for runaway prices; no smart merchant or manufacturer wanted to price himself out of his market...
Scored on only once by an unexpectedly tough Freshman eleven, Coach Chief Boston's charges have won six straight contests this year and are favored to annex another today at the expense of the unheralded merchant sailors...
...only place on Boylston Street where you can got a frappe," the merchant exclaimed proudly of his store--Cahaly's--whose cluttered window stands warmly at the end of an almost unbroken row on noon-lighted bars, cocktail lounges, and saloons that provide the last refreshment to Boston wayfarers on the long, cold trip over the river to the Arlington wilderness. "And not only frappes," the aproned entrepreneur continued, vigorously chewing the remnants of a nondescript cheroot, "but boneless turkey, Saturday Reviews of Literature, razor blades shoe polish, and back editions of the Wake--all at the right price...
...wood for the roof, we had to supply a, belt for a band saw. To get the belt we had to promise some cement in exchange. To get the cement we had to promise some wine. To get the wine we had to promise to help the wine merchant find an apartment. And we were able to find an apartment because I knew of a woman who had committed suicide because...
...awarded ordinarily for two terms to veterans whose education has been interrupted by service in the armed forces. They are open to any student who has served in the armed forces of the United Nations, former members of the American Field Service or the U. S. Merchant Marine...